Saturday 6th October 2018
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Pechora Pipit on Unst whilst around the Shetland Isles were Subalpine Warbler sp (Whalsay), Pied-billed Grebe (Mainland), Citrine Wagtail and American Golden Plover (Bressay), Melodious and Marsh Warbler, Little and Lapland Bunting, two Blyth's Reed, eight Barred and 11 Yellow-browed Warblers. Whilst on the Isles of Scilly Tawny Pipit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Wryneck, two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Great Shearwater, four Yellow-browed Warblers and six Cattle Egrets were all logged. Rarities elsewhere comprised Isabelline Shrike sp and Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Pallid Harrier in Hertfordshire, Blyth's Reed Warbler in County Donegal, Alpine Swift briefly in County Cork, Bee-eater in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in each of Cornwall, Dorset, Suffolk and the Western Isles, and a White-billed Diver passed County Durham then Northumberland. Scarcities elsewhere included Red-breasted Flycatcher (County Cork), Rose-coloured Starling (Lothian), Red-backed Shrike (West Sussex), Wryneck (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (Northumberland), Temminck's Stint (Hampshire), Spotted Crake (Hertfordshire), American Wigeon (Lancashire), Lesser Snow Goose (Moray), two each of Little Bunting, Richard's Pipit and Common Rosefinch, three Glossy Ibises, four Barred Warblers, six Long-tailed Skuas, nine American Golden Plovers and a total of 10 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA