Wednesday 17th October 2018
	Three Mega-alerts chimed today - a Veery on Cape Clear (Co Cork), Baltimore Oriole on Barra (Western Isles) and Grey-cheeked Thrush on St Agnes (Isles of Scilly). A Swainson's Thrush (Co Cork), Pallid Swift (East Yorkshire), Olive-backed Pipits (Fife and Shetland), Rustic Bunting (London), Red-flanked Bluetail (Norfolk), Blue-winged Teal (Shetland) and dowitcher species (Somerset) were also discovered. The Grey Catbird (Cornwall), Two-barred Greenish Warbler (Norfolk), Scarlet Tanager and White-rumped Sandpiper (Co Cork), Eastern Stonechat (Gwynedd), Pied-billed Grebe (Shetland), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), King Eider (Ceredigion), Spotted Sandpiper (Co Durham), Olive-backed Pipit (East Yorkshire) and Ferruginous Duck and Lesser Yellowlegs (Sufolk) all lingered.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA