Tuesday 1st November 2011
	Today's new discoveries included a Great Reed Warbler trapped on Isles of Scilly, Olive-backed Pipit in Devon, five flyover Glossy Ibises in Suffolk, American Golden Plover in Norfolk, Ortolan Bunting in Dorset and Isabelline Shrike in Shetland. Lingering rarities included Steppe Grey Shrike in Shropshire, Brown Shrike in Argyll, Daurian Shrike in Pembrokeshire, Glossy Ibises in Dorset and Kent, Squacco Heron on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, Pallid Harrier in Ayrshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Anglesey and Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Ducks in Somerset and Lincolnshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Leicestershire, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Somerset, two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset and Lesser Scaup in Northumberland. In addition to the Great Reed Warbler, a Dusky Warbler, Olive-backed Pipit, Serin and White-rumped Sandpiper were all recorded on Isles of Scilly. In Ireland a Ferruginous Duck (Co Armagh), American Golden Plovers (Co Kerry and Co Cork), Baird's Sandpiper, Northern Harrier and two Glossy Ibises (Co Wexford) were reported.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA