Monday 8th October 2018
	New discoveries today included an Aquatic Warbler, Greenish Warbler and Red-throated Pipit in Scilly (the former of St Mary's, the latter two on St Agnes), a Snowy Owl in Shetland on Fetlar, a Greenish Warbler in Kent at North Foreland, a Citrine Wagtail in Essex at Holland Haven Country Park, a Lesser Yellowlegs in Western Isles at Aird an Runair, North Uist and a White-rumped Sandpiper in County Galway on Inishbofin. Lingering rarities included the Blackpoll Warbler in County Galway, White-throated Sparrow, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Citrine Wagtail and Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Red-flanked Bluetail in Yorkshire, Isabelline Shrike in Western Isles, Bee-eater in Northumberland, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Norfolk, Tawny Pipit in Scilly, Pallid Harrier in Hertfordshire, Pacific Diver in County Cork, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Moray, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in County Kerry, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk.
-  Will Soar, RBA