Friday 26th October 2012
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Siberian Rubythroat on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles, with Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Olive-backed Pipit and Little Bunting also noted there. At Portland, Dorset, the Daurian Shrike remained alongside Siberian Stonechat, Subalpine Warbler and Wryneck, and a Pechora Pipit flew over. Elsewhere, rarities included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Fife, Desert Wheatear in West Sussex, Olive-backed Pipit in County Galway, Dusky Warblers in both County Durham and Northumberland, Arctic Redpoll and Little Bunting in Norfolk, Black Kite in County Cork, Red-breasted Goose in Argyll, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Gloucestershire and the Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and Lancashire, American Golden Plover in Cumbria and County Wexford (4), White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, and Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll (2) and Cumbria. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly American Buff-bellied Pipit, Penduline Tit, Red-throated Pipit, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Richard's Pipit, Spotted Crake, Lapland Bunting, Great White Egret, three Ring-necked Ducks and four Yellow-browed Warblers were all logged.
-  Chris Batty, RBA