Saturday 22nd October 2011
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of a 1st-winter male Scarlet Tanager on St Mary's (Isles of Scilly). This record represents the fourth for the archipelago, but the first since 1982. Elsewhere on Isles of Scilly the Northern Waterthrush, Wilson's Snipe, Upland Sandpiper, at least two Olive-backed Pipits, Lesser Yellowlegs, Melodious Warbler and Pallas's Warbler all lingered, whilst a Little Bunting was also discovered. New discoveries included a Brown Shrike on Tiree (Argyll), Dusky Warbler at Kessingland (Suffolk), Semipalmated Sandpiper at Saltholme RSPB (Cleveland), Lesser Yellowlegs on the Alaw Estuary (Anglesey) and American Golden Plover at Crail (Fife). Lingering rarities comprised the Siberian Rubythroat on Shetland, Red-breasted Goose in Dorset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Leicestershire, Penduline Tit in Kent, Lesser Scaup and Black Scoter in Northumberland and Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll. Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Somerset, Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset (2) and Dumfries & Galloway, Ferruginous Ducks in West Yorkshire, Berkshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset and five Glossy Ibises were also recorded. In Ireland the Upland Sandpiper (Co Mayo), a Northern Harrier (Co Wicklow) and Red-eyed Vireo (Co Cork) were logged in addition to five American Golden Plovers and three Semipalmated Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA