Wednesday 12th October 2016
	On Shetland the Black-faced Bunting lingered on Bressay, whilst the archipelago also hosted Pine Bunting, Red-flanked Bluetail, Pallid Harrier, Arctic Warbler,  two Olive-backed Pipits, two Dusky Warblers and two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls. Elsewhere new discoveries included Booted Warbler (East Sussex), Paddyfield Warbler (East Yorkshire), Dusky Warbler (North Yorkshire), Arctic Redpolls (in Norfolk and Lincolnshire), Red-flanked Bluetails (Lincolnshire and Northumberland) and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak was reported in Co Kerry. Lingering rarities away from Shetland included Siberian Stonechat (Co Cork), Red-flanked Bluetails (Co Down and Lincolnshire), Radde's Warbler (Co Waterford), Dusky Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit (Norfolk), Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Black Duck (Highland), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent), Western Purple Swamphen (Lincolnshire), Baird's Sandpiper (Northumberland) and Subalpine Warbler (Isles of Scilly), whilst a Lesser Scaup returned to Glamorgan.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA