Friday 5th October 2018
	New rarities comprised Black Scoter in Lancashire, Marsh Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire and Baird's Sandpiper in Cornwall. The Shetland Isles continued to host both White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows, Lanceolated Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, Melodious Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Common Rosefinch, two Barred Warblers and American Golden Plovers and 12 Yellow-browed Warblers. Isles of Scilly produced Tawny Pipit, Glossy Ibis, Wryneck, Red-backed Shrike, two Rose-coloured Starlings, six Cattle Egrets, Corncrake, Common Rosefinch, Buff-breasted Sandpiper and five Yellow-browed Warblers. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Bonaparte's Gull (Co Waterford), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall, Dorset and Western Isles), Ferruginous Ducks (Hampshire and Suffolk), Pallid Harrier (Hertfordshire), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Baird's Sandpiper and King Eider (Moray), Lesser Scaup (Somerset) and Isabelline shrike sp and Blyth's Reed Warbler (Western Isles). Scarcities away from Shetland and Scilly included Hoopoe (Dorset), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Corncrake (Lincolnshire), Red-backed Shrike (West Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two Red-breasted Flycatchers, Common Rosefinches, Spotted Crakes and Little Buntings, three American Golden Plovers, four Barred Warblers, seven Pectoral Sandpipers and 15 Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA