Friday 28th September 2018
	The Shetland Isles hosted White-throated Sparrow, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Ortolan Bunting, American Golden Plover, three Barred Warblers and ten Common Rosefinches, whilst Isles of Scilly produced two Tawny Pipits and Ortolan Buntings, Pectoral Sandpiper and Wryneck. Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Pallid Harrier (Norfolk), Baird's and White-rumped Sandpipers (Co Derry), Bonaparte's Gull (Co Sligo), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall and Dorset), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire) and Ferruginous Duck (Suffolk). In Norfolk a Fea's-type Petrel flew past Blakeney Point, but sadly it was not reported until well after the event. Away from Scilly and Shetland, the best of the scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Somerset), Woodchat Shrike (Lothian), Barred Warbler (Western Isles), Temminck's Stint (Hampshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Aberdeenshire), two Rose-coloured Starlings, Buff-breasted Sandpipers and Common Rosefinches, three Yellow-browed Warblers and 11 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA