Thursday 27th September 2012
	A White's Thrush was seen in flight on South Ronaldsay (Orkney) this morning. Shetland produced a fine selection of rarities today - Isabelline Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, three Olive-backed Pipits, Lanceolated Warbler and two Little Buntings on Mainland; Red-flanked Bluetail on Whalsay; Sykes's and Blyth's Reed Warblers on Foula; Little Bunting and Booted and Blyth's Reed Warblers on Unst and Arctic Warbler, Olive-backed Pipit and three Little Buntings on Fair Isle. Elsewhere new discoveries included Siberian Stonechat in Kent, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Citrine Wagtail on Tiree (Argyll), Little Bunting and Ortolan Bunting in Dorset and two Little Buntings on North Ronaldsay (Orkney). Nearctic wader records comprised Short-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Wexford, Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and American Golden Plovers on Western Isles, Cornwall and Orkney (2). On Isles of Scilly the American Buff-bellied Pipit, Aquatic Warbler and two Ortolan Buntings all lingered. In Suffolk and Spanish Sparrow reappeared at Landguard NR, whilst elsewhere lingering rarities included Greenish Warbler in East Yorkshire, Arctic Warbler in Northumberland, Glossy Ibises in Pembrokeshire and Cambridgeshire, Forster's Tern in Co Louth and American Buff-bellied Pipit on Western Isles.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA