Monday 3rd October 2011
	The Sandhill Crane in Suffolk and Solitary Sandpiper in Lancashire were both still present today and were the headline birds for the second consecutive day. New discoveries included a flyover Blyth's Pipit in Cleveland, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Pembrokeshire, American Black Tern in East Yorkshire, Pallid Harriers in Cambridgeshire/Bedfordshire and Glamorgan and Bonaparte's Gull in East Sussex. The Glossy Ibis invasion continued, with at least 15 recorded today. American waders were again recorded in excellent numbers; totals included two Spotted Sandpipers, three each of Lesser Yellowlegs, American Golden Plover, Baird's Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher, five White-rumped Sandpipers and seven Semipalmated Sandpipers. The best of the rest  included Daurian Shrike, Olive-backed Pipit, Black-headed Bunting and Little Bunting (Shetland), American Black Tern (Lincolnshire), Red-eyed Vireo, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Subalpine Warbler (Co Cork), three Black Kites, three Ortolan Buntings and five Pallid Harriers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA