Friday 4th October 2019
	New discoveries today included a Red-flanked Bluetail on the Isle of May, Fife, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Lamba Ness, Shetland, a Red-throated Pipit at Porthgwarra, Cornwall and a Dusky Warbler on Burray, Orkney. Lingering rarities included the Red-eyed Vireo in Cornwall, Blue Rock Thrush in Scilly, Eastern Stonechat sp, Dusky Warbler, Bee-eater and Semipalmated Sandpiper in Shetland, Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Snowy Owl in the Western Isles, American Black Tern in County Galway, Long-billed Dowitchers in Yorkshire  and Devon, Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire and Blue-winged Teal in Clyde. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, six Barred Warblers, a Richard's Pipit, an Ortolan Bunting, a Little Bunting, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Hoopoe, two Short-toed Larks, three Wrynecks, four Red-breasted Flycatchers, four Red-backed Shrikes, nine Waxwings, a Spotted Crake, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two American Golden Plovers, a Great Shearwater, four Long-tailed Skuas and a Ring-necked Duck.
-  Will Soar, RBA