Wednesday 2nd October 2019
	The highlight of the day came from the Isles of Scilly where a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was seen briefly on St Mary's where Blue Rock Thrush and Melodious Warbler remained whilst on Tresco White-winged Black Tern, Short-toed Lark, Ortolan Bunting and Hoopoe were all present, with four Wrynecks and five Lapland Buntings around the islands. On the Shetland Isles both Red-flanked Bluetail and Dusky Warbler were on Unst, with Snowy Owl, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Greenish Warbler and Bee-eater all on Mainland and around island totals of Short-toed Lark, Little Auk, two each of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Glaucous Gull and Lapland Bunting, and three Waxwings. Discoveries elsewhere included an Isabelline Wheatear in Conwy at Llandudno, a Gull-billed Tern briefly in Dorset at Lodmoor, and in Cornwall a Red-eyed Vireo on The Lizard, a Greenish Warbler in Cot Valley, and both Red-throated Pipit and Blyth's Reed Warbler at Nanjizal. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were Red-eyed Vireos in both County Antrim and County Cork, Booted Warbler and Rustic Bunting together in East Yorkshire, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and West Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Ayrshire and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Sadly, a second Yellow-billed Cuckoo arrived but was picked up dead in Seaford, East Sussex.
-  Chris Batty, RBA