Sunday 7th October 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Green Warbler on Lundy, Devon; just the fifth record for Britain of this species. New rarities elsewhere comprised a Blackpoll Warbler in County Galway on Inishbofin, a Hooded Merganser in Carmarthenshire at Kidwelly Quay, Radde's Warbler in Kent at Langdon Cliffs, Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire at Spurn and in Norfolk a Blyth's Reed Warbler was located on Blakeney Point and an Olive-backed Pipit flew over Burnham Overy Dunes. On the Shetland Isles the Pied-billed Grebe remained with Citrine Wagtail, Blyth's Reed Warbler, American Golden Plover and two Yellow-browed Warblers all logged. Whilst the best on the Isles of Scilly were Tawny Pipit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Little Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Wryneck, five Cattle Egrets and nine Yellow-browed Warblers. Other rarities elsewhere comprised the Pacific Diver back again in County Cork at Crookhaven, American White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Pallid Harrier in Hertfordshire, Bee-eater in Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Dorset and Suffolk, Black Duck in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Ducks in both Hampshire and Suffolk. Whilst other scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Norfolk), Red-backed Shrike (West Sussex), Wryneck (Cornwall), Shorelark (Kent), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Lesser Snow Goose (Moray), two each of Little Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Spotted Crake, American Wigeon and Glossy Ibis, three of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Richard's Pipit and Great Grey Shrike, four American Golden Plovers, five Pectoral Sandpipers, seven Lapland Buntings, and a total of 14 Barred Warblers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA