Thursday 3rd October 2013
	Rarity of the day was the Grey-cheeked Thrush in County Cork, which was feeding on the track outside the Wilson's Warbler garden on Dursey Island this evening. A lovely Rustic Bunting was photographed at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, a Radde's Warbler was seen on the Isle of May, Fife and a Red-throated Pipit flew over Rainham Marshes RSPB, London. A Lesser Yellowlegs was again at Bowling Green Marsh RSPB, Devon, a Little Bunting was at Skaw, Unst, Shetland and a Glossy Ibis was in Wadebridge, Cornwall. Lingering rarities seen today included the White's Thrush reported on the Isles of Scilly, Isabelline Wheatear in Pembrokeshire, Sardinian Warbler in Borders, Arctic Warbler, Eastern Subalpine Warbler and Lesser Yellowlegs in Shetland (with another of the latter still in Kent, and another Subalpine Warbler on the Isles of Scilly), Western Bonelli's Warbler in County Cork, Siberian Stonechat in Suffolk, Black-winged Stilt in Cornwall, American Golden Plovers in Yorkshire and County Galway, three Blue-winged Teals in Lincolnshire (and one in Clyde) and single Red-breasted Geese in Sussex and Dumfries and Galloway.
-  Will Soar, RBA