Tuesday 29th October 2013
	More Nearctic landbirds today, with a Hermit Thrush discovered in Cornwall at Porthgwarra headlining the cast, alongside a new Myrtle Warbler in County Galway on Inishmore, - with the other Myrtle Warbler remaining in Devon on Lundy - the Cape May Warbler still on the Shetland Isles on Unst, and the Mourning Dove still on Rhum, Highland. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly an American Robin was discovered on Tresco, with notable birds around the archipelago comprising White's Thrush, Sora, Dusky Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher and five Yellow-browed Warblers. Otherwise, a Lesser Kestrel was identified as present for a second day in Devon at Torquay, the Sardinian Warbler remained in Borders, as did Western Bonelli's Warbler and Dusky Warbler in Cleveland, Two-barred Crossbill in Norfolk (2) and Suffolk, Red-throated Pipit in Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and Northumberland, White-rumped Sandpiper in Cornwall and the Western Isles, White-billed Diver in County Kerry, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, three Blue-winged Teals together in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, Northern Harrier in Cambridgeshire, and 10 Glossy Ibises spread across six English counties.
-  Chris Batty, RBA