Monday 29th September 2014
	A Myrtle Warbler was on South Mainland Shetland at dawn, but the bird soon departed the area. Elsewhere on Shetland a White's Thrush was discovered at Durigarth (Mainland), a Black-headed Bunting arrived on Out Skerries, whilst Rustic Bunting and Eastern Subalpine Warbler were both logged on Unst. Away from Shetland new discoveries included Pallid Harrier on Orkney, a brief Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Blue-winged Teal in Co Clare and Little Buntings on Isles of Scilly and East Yorkshire, whilst the Masked Shrike (East Yorkshire), Red-eyed Vireo (Co Cork), Lesser Yellowlegs (Hampshire), Snowy Owl (Moray/Aberdeenshire) and Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan) all lingered. The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint and Bluethroat (Shetland), Melodious Warbler (Western Isles), Purple Heron (Somerset), Serin (Norfok), Cattle Egret (West Sussex), Hoopoe (Gwynedd), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (West Yorkshire), Great Grey Shrike (London), Ortolan Bunting and Short-toed Lark (Cornwall) and Rose-coloured Starlings on Isles of Scilly and in Co Cork.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA