Friday 6th October 2017
	New discoveries in Shetland today included a Booted Warbler on Bressay, single Dusky Warblers at Gulberwick and Dale of Walls and two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls at Baltasound, Unst, with others at Skaw, Unst and Ollaberry, Mainland. Elsewhere, a second Long-billed Dowitcher arrived at Tacumshin, County Wexford. Late news from yesterday concerned a Siberian Rubythroat which was present on Bressay, Shetland from late afternoon. Lingering rarities included the Cedar Waxwing, Cliff Swallow, Isabelline Wheatear and three Bee-eaters in Scilly, Scarlet Tanager and Red-eyed Vireo in County Cork, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Red-flanked Bluetail, Isabelline Shrike sp., Red-throated Pipit and Rustic Bunting in Shetland, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, Wilson's Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpipers in Dorset and County Cork and Pallid Harrier in Cheshire. Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Short-toed Lark, a Richard's Pipit, a Red-backed Shrike, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Common Rosefinches, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Wrynecks, three Little Buntings, four Barred Warblers, 22 Parrot Crossbills, two Purple Herons, a Spotted Crake, a Red-necked Phalarope, 10 Grey Phalaropes, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, two Pectoral Sandpipers, four American Golden Plovers, three Long-tailed Skuas, seven Pomarine Skuas, two Leach's Petrels, two Little Auks, two Sabine's Gulls, a White-winged Black Tern, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, two American Wigeon, two Ring-necked Ducks and a Glossy Ibis.
-  Will Soar, RBA