Monday 7th October 2013
	On Isles of Scilly a brief sighting of a Grey-cheeked Thrush was the day's headline news. Elsewhere on the archipelago an Arctic Warbler, two each of Common Rosefinch and Little Bunting and single Spotted Crake, Purple Heron, Rose-coloured Starling, Bluethroat and Red-backed Shrike were all recorded. Elsewhere new discoveries included Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in Shetland, Baird's Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Spotted Sandpiper in Co Galway, Western Bonelli's Warbler in East Yorkshire and flyby White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire. On Shetland an Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Red-throated Pipit, Arctic Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Little Bunting all lingered. A total of 19 Glossy Ibises, four Blue-winged Teals, three Lesser Yellowlegs, two Lesser Scaups, two Two-barred Crossbills, Long-billed Dowitcher (Hampshire), Daurian Shrike (Cornwall), Siberian Stonechat (Suffolk), Isabelline Wheatear (Pembrokeshire), Sardinian Warbler (Borders), Western Bonelli's Warbler (Cornwall), Laughing Gull (Orkney) and Pied-billed Grebe (Co Mayo) were all logged today.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA