Friday 27th October 2017
	The best birding today was on the Isles of Scilly where Red-throated Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Wilson's Snipe, American Golden Plover, Surf Scoter, Lapland Bunting, two each of both Red-breasted Flycatcher and Richard's Pipit, and three Dusky Warblers were all logged. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Rock Thrush still in Gwent, Grey-cheeked Thrush in County Cork, Steppe Grey Shrike and Eastern Stonechat species on the Shetland Isles, Red-breasted Goose in Aberdeenshire, Red-throated Pipit in Devon, Olive-backed Pipit in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Northumberland, Ferruginous Duck in Forth, White-rumped Sandpiper in both Cornwall and County Wexford, and Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent, Merseyside (2) and County Wexford (2).
-  Chris Batty, RBA