Tuesday 9th October 2018
	On the Shetland Isles both White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows remained on Foula, as did the Snowy Owl on Fetlar, Citrine Wagtail on Bressay and Pied-billed Grebe on Mainland along with Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler and four Common Rosefinches. On the Isles of Scilly Tawny Pipit (Bryher), Greenish Warbler (St Agnes), Rose-coloured Starling (St Martin's), Barred Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Red-backed Shrike, Wryneck and five Cattle Egrets were all logged. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Pacific Diver still in County Cork, Isabelline Shrike species on the Western Isles, Baird's Sandpiper in Moray, Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire, Bee-eater in Northumberland, Pallid Harrier in Hertfordshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cornwall and Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Ferruginous Ducks in both Forth (where new at Skinflats) and Suffolk. Other scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Norfolk), Hoopoe (Kent), Red-backed Shrike (Argyll), Wryneck (Cornwall), Temminck's Stint (Hampshire), Long-tailed Skua (County Durham), two each of Shorelark, American Wigeon and Surf Scoter, three of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Glossy Ibis and Rose-coloured Starling, four of Barred Warbler and Spotted Crake, five of Lapland Bunting and Pectoral Sandpiper and a total of eight Richard's Pipits.
-  Chris Batty, RBA