Monday 13th October 2014
	A Brunnich's Guillemot observed flying past Flamborough Head (East Yorkshire) was the most significant report of the day. Seawatchers also logged 16 Little Auks, 13 Long-tailed and many Pomarine Skuas. Elsewhere new discoveries included Red-flanked Bluetails on Fair Isle and in Norfolk, Black Kite in Cornwall and two Olive-backed Pipits on Mainland Shetland. Lingering rarities included Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Shetland), Subalpine Warbler (Cornwall), Booted Warbler (Lothian), Little Crake (Suffolk), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Dublin), Steppe Grey Shrike (Norfolk), Bonaparte's Gull (Co Durham), White-rumped Sandpiper (Western Isles), Solitary Sandpiper (Co Wexford) and Radde's Warbler (Lincolnshire). The best of the rest included Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall),  Rough-legged Buzzard (Co Durham), Short-toed Lark and Richard's Pipit (Isles of Scilly), American Wigeon (Co Donegal), Cattle Egret (Cheshire), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), Common Rosefinch (Western Isles), Bluethroat (East Yorkshire), six Great Grey Shrikes, five Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Barred Warblers, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Pallas's Warblers and four Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA