Thursday 18th October 2012
	All the new rarities today were found in Scotland, with the majority in Shetland, and all but two of these Olive-backed Pipits. A flock of four arrived on Fair Isle (with a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll also on the island), another on Unst and a further two on Mainland. A second Horneman's Arctic Redpoll was on Whalsay, whilst elsewhere there were three Radde's Warblers (two at Kilminning, Fife and another at Lunan Bay, Angus) and a White-rumped Sandpiper (on Harris, Western Isles). Lingering rarities included the Blackpoll Warbler on Bryher and Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler on St Mary's, both Scilly, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Fife, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler on Fair Isle, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Little Bunting on North Ronaldsay, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Red-breasted Goose in Kent, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, American Golden Plover in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Leicestershire, four Glossy Ibises in Cornwall and Lesser Scaup in Somerset.
-  Will Soar, RBA