Thursday 15th October 2015
	Another great day for rarity sightings was headlined by the continued presence of the Wilson's Warbler on Lewis, Western Isles. Norfolk hosted three Isabelline Shrikes, at least two Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers, Olive-backed Pipit, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail and Radde's Warbler, Isles of Scilly held a Hudsonian Whimbrel, Siberian Stonechat, Blyth's Pipit, Red-throated Pipit and Red-flanked Bluetail, whilst Shetland produced Blyth's Pipit, three Olive-backed Pipit, Siberian Stonechat and Radde's Warbler. Elsewhere an Arctic Warbler, Lesser Yellowlegs and Blyth's Reed Warbler in Co Cork, two Olive-backed Pipits and a Siberian Stonechat in East Yorkshire, Two-barred Crossbill in Co Mayo, Isabelline Shrike, Bonaparte's Gull and Ridgway's Cackling Goose in Devon, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Northern Harrier on Orkney, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Moray, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire and Dusky Warbler in Lincolnshire were all reported.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA