Sunday 11th October 2015
	Headline discoveries on a busy day were Red-flanked Bluetail, Dusky Warbler and Arctic Warbler on Isles of Scilly, Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler and Isabelline Shrike in Norfolk, Arctic Warbler in Co Galway, Olive-backed Pipit in Fife, Red-throated Pipit in Borders, Rustic Bunting in Lincolnshire and Red-flanked Bluetail, two Olive-backed Pipits and Dusky Warbler on Shetland. In addition to the new rarities above, Isles of Scilly also hosted five Little Buntings, two Red-backed Shrikes, Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Corncrake and Serin, whilst the Shetland Isles produced Eastern Subalpine Warbler, two Olive-backed Pipits, two Richard's Pipits, two Barred Warblers, Little Bunting and American Golden Plover. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Alpine Swift (Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull (Moray), Black Scoter (Co Kerry), Long-billed Dowitcher (Hampshire), Greater Yellowlegs (Isle of Wight), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Gloucestershire) and Ridgway's Cackling Goose (Devon). The best of the rest included 12 Richard's Pipits, five Great Grey Shrikes, five Pallas's Warblers, five Little Buntings, four Glossy Ibises, three Hoopoes, three Rose-coloured Starlings, three Barred Warblers, three Wrynecks, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Bluethroats, two Common Rosefinches, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two American Golden Plovers, Serin (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Temminck's Stint (Orkney) and Dotterel (Co Cork).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA