Thursday 5th October 2017
	On Isles of Scilly the Cedar Waxwing, Cliff Swallow and Isabelline Wheatear all lingered, and an American Golden Plover, Bee-eater, Spotted Crake, Common Rosefinch and Wryneck were also logged. On Shetland Isles a Booted Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail and Olive-backed Pipit were discovered, and American Buff-bellied Pipit, Rustic Bunting, two Red-throated Pipit and Isabelline shrike sp all lingered. A Ring-necked Duck, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Little Bunting, American Golden Plover, two Common Rosefinches and at least 11 Parrot Crossbills were spread across the archipelago. Away from Scilly and Shetland new discoveries comprised Blyth's Pipit (Cornwall), Red-eyed Vireo and Spotted Sandpiper (Co Cork), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset and Co Galway), Ferruginous Duck (Lothian) and White-rumped Sandpiper (Western Isles), whilst Scarlet Tanager (Co Cork), Red-eyed Vireo (Co Kerry), Scops Owl (Co Durham), Wilson's Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent) and Stilt and Spotted Sandpipers (Dorset) all lingered. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starlings (Norfolk and East Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Western Isles) White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), American Golden Plover (Co Wexford), Red-backed Shrikes (Orkney and East Yorkshire) and Barred Warblers (Co Cork and Fife).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA