Tuesday 2nd October 2018
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the River Warbler on Unst whilst around island totals from Shetland included the White-throated Sparrow and Buff-breasted Sandpiper both still on Foula, a Citrine Wagtail briefly on Bressay, Melodious Warbler, Marsh Warbler, two each of American Golden Plover, Barred Warbler and Lapland Bunting, three Common Rosefinches and eight Yellow-browed Warblers. On the Isles of Scilly a Tawny Pipit remained on Bryher with Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Rose-coloured Starling, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Lapland Bunting, two Pectoral Sandpipers and two Yellow-browed Warblers present around the archipelago. Rarities elsewhere were headlined by an Isabelline Shrike new on the Western Isles on Barra and a Blue-winged Teal discovered at Trabeg, County Kerry, with lingering rarities comprising the Brown Shrike still in Cornwall, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pallid Harrier in Hertfordshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Dorset and the Western Isles, King Eider in Moray and Ferruginous Ducks in Essex, Hampshire and Suffolk. Scarcities included Dotterel (Argyll), Great Shearwater (Cornwall), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Red-backed Shrike, Yellow-browed Warbler, Red-necked Phalarope, Sabine's Gull, Spotted Crake, American Wigeon and Glossy Ibis, and six of both Pectoral Sandpiper and Long-tailed Skua.
-  Chris Batty, RBA