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Wednesday 30th September 2015  
  The Shetland Islands hosted Arctic Warbler, four Blyth's Reed Warblers and Pechora Pipit, whilst Isles of Scilly held the lingering Red-eyed Vireo. Elsewhere rarity sightings included a flyby Red-breasted Goose in Suffolk and Essex, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, Rustic Bunting in Devon, Pallid Harrier in West Sussex, Northern Harrier on Orkney, Wilson's Phalarope in Essex, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Ridgway's Cackling Goose in Devon, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire and Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire.

The best of the rest included Little Bunting (Shetland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), American Wigeon (Orkney), White-winged Black Tern (Lancashire), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk), two American Golden Plovers, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Cattle Egrets, two Richard's Pipits, two Pectoral Sandpipers, three Wrynecks, four Bluethroats, six Red-breasted Flycatchers and 14 Barred Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA