Thursday 13th October 2016
	Today's hot news related to the discovery of Britain's second Siberian Accentor at Easington (East Yorkshire), less than a week after the first for Britain was found on Shetland. The two British records are part of a significant arrival in Europe; since 4th October there have been eleven in Sweden, six in Finland, three in Germany two in Britain and one in Denmark. On Shetland lingering rarities included the Black-faced Bunting, Pine Bunting, Pechora Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Red-flanked Bluetail, Dusky Warbler, Pallid Harrier, whist on Isles of Scilly a Subalpine Warbler and a probable Eastern Yellow Wagtail were logged. Elsewhere new discoveries included Olive-backed Pipits in Fife, East Yorkshire and Borders, Siberian Stonechat in Cleveland, Dusky Warblers in East Yorkshire (2) and Norfolk, Arctic Warbler on Western Isles, Red-flanked Bluetails in East Yorkshire and Orkney, Radde's Warbler in Gwynedd and East Yorkshire and Baird's Sandpiper in Glamorgan. In North Yorkshire a Black-browed Albatross was reported flying past Filey Brigg. Lingering rarities comprised Paddyfield Warbler (East Yorkshire), Olive-backed Pipit and Dusky Warbler (Norfolk), Baird's Sandpiper (Northumberland), Red-flanked Bluetail (Lincolnshire [2]), Western Purple Swamphen (Lincolnshire), Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Radde's Warbler (Co Waterford) and Bonaparte's Gull (Co Clare).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA