Monday 17th October 2016
	Three Siberian Accentors lingered today (in Cleveland, Co Durham and East Yorkshire). In Easington (East Yorkshire) an Isabelline Wheatear was present throughout the day. On the Shetland Isles a White's Thrush, three Pine Buntings, two Siberian Stonechats, Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Dusky Warbler and three Olive-backed Pipits were logged. On Isles of Scilly a Black-browed Albatross was reported flying past St Mary's and the probable Eastern Yellow Wagtail lingered, whilst another was in Norfolk. Elsewhere new discoveries included Franklin's Gull (Kent), Alpine Swift (Devon), Dusky Warbler (Co Durham), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Offaly), Desert Wheatear (East Yorkshire), Northern Long-tailed Tits (Orkney [4]) and Ferruginous Duck (Somerset). A Pallid Harrier (Somerset), Olive-backed Pipits (Norfolk [2] and East Yorkshire), Dusky Warblers (East Yorkshire [2], Norfolk and Northumberland), Baird's Sandpiper (Northumberland), Western Purple Swamphen (Lincolnshire), Western Bonelli's Warbler (Co Cork), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Siberian Stonechats (East Yorkshire and Co Durham), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall), Radde's Warbler (Co Cork [2]) and Northern Long-tailed Tits (Aberdeenshire [3] all lingered.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA