Wednesday 25th October 2017
	New discoveries included Radde's Warbler (Dorset), Olive-backed Pipit (Lincolnshire), Red-throated Pipit (Gloucestershire) and Dusky Warbler (Shetland). Elsewhere on Shetland the Steppe Grey Shrike, a flock of five Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls and an Eastern stonechat sp were logged, whilst Isles of Scilly produced a couple of Dusky Warblers. American waders were represented by Stilt and Spotted Sandpipers (Dorset), four American Golden Plovers, three White-rumped Sandpipers, three Pectoral Sandpipers and seven Long-billed Dowitchers. The Rock Thrush (Gwent), Olive-backed Pipit (Pembrokeshire), Lesser Scaup (Dorset) and three Richardson's Cackling Geese all lingered. The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit (Shetland), Bluethroat and Common Rosefinch (Isles of Scilly), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Rose-coloured Starling (Herefordshire) and three Little Buntings.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA