Monday 3rd October 2016
	The Shetland Isles were again awash with rarities - highlights included Swainson's Thrush on Fetlar, White's Thrush, Olive-backed Pipit and Blyth's Reed Warbler on Mainland, Black-throated Thrush on Out Skerries, Great Snipe and Paddyfield Warbler on Unst and Pechora Pipit and Lanceolated Warbler on Fair Isle. Elsewhere new discoveries included Booted Warbler (Conwy), Blyth's Reed Warbler (Lothian), and Semipalmated Sandpiper (Co Kerry), whilst lingering rarities comprised Sora (Isles of Scilly), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Co Cork), Semipalmated Plover (Co Mayo), Dalmatian Pelican (Devon), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Baird's Sandpipers (Northumberland, Cornwall and Co Dublin), Western Purple Swamphen (Lincolnshire), Black Duck (Highland), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset) and Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA