Friday 2nd October 2015
	In Norfolk, a Blyth's Pipit was found this evening at Stiffkey, with a new Marsh Sandpiper nearby at Cley. Scotland produced an Olive-backed Pipit in Lerwick, Shetland and a Cackling Goose in Findhorn Bay, Moray. Lingering rarities seen today included the Red-eyed Vireo in the Isles of Scilly, Pechora Pipit, Arctic Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Pallid Harrier in Shetland (with another of the latter in Sussex), Wilson's Phalarope in Essex, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork and Ridgway's Cackling Goose in Devon. Scarcity highlights were an Ortolan Bunting, a Hoopoe, a Wryneck, a Marsh Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Grey Phalaropes, two American Golden Plovers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, three Little Buntings, three Bluethroats, five Red-breasted Flycatchers, six Barred Warblers and seven Richard's Pipits.
-  Will Soar, RBA