Monday 28th September 2015
	A Swainson's Thrush on Sanday (Orkney) and Grey-cheeked Thrush on Mainland Shetland were today's headline discoveries. The Shetland Isles also produced Olive-backed Pipit, Pallid Harrier, Eastern Subalpine Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler. Elsewhere new discoveries comprised Semipalmated Sandpiper (Co Kerry), Blyth's Reed Warbler (East Yorkshire) and Ferruginous Ducks (Surrey and Hampshire), whilst Wilson's Phalarope (Essex), Ridgway's Cackling Goose (Devon), Red-footed Falcon (Lincolnshire), Long-billed Dowitcher (Hampshire), Arctic Warbler (East Yorkshire), Northern Harrier (Orkney) and Greater Yellowlegs (Isle of Wight) all lingered. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Purple Heron (Cambridgeshire), Dotterel (Gwynedd), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two American Wigeons, two Ortolan Buntings, three American Golden Plovers, three Little Buntings, five Cattle Egrets, six Pectoral Sandpipers, six Red-breasted Flycatchers, six Wrynecks, eight Richard's Pipits, eight Bluethroats and 13 Barred Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA