Thursday 25th October 2018
	Highlight of the day was the identification of a Taiga Flycatcher at Galley Head, Co Cork - the first for Ireland. The bird has been present for three days, but the its true identity was not established until today. Elsewhere rarity highlights included the Grey Catbird (Cornwall), Eastern Stonechats (Norfolk and Shetland), Rustic Bunting and two Dusky Warblers (Isles of Scilly), two Gull-billed Terns (Northumberland), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Lesser Yellowlegs (Highland), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Baird's Sandpiper (Gwent), Spotted Sandpiper (Co Durham), White-rumped Sandpiper (Co Dublin), King Eider (Ceredigion), Lesser Scaup (Anglesey) and a report of a Pallid Harrier (Cambridgeshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA