Saturday 12th October 2019
	A busy autumn day was headlined by the discovery of a Myrtle Warbler on Inishmore (Co Galway). Isles of Scilly continued to host the Blue Rock Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue-winged Teal, Red-eyed Vireos and Rustic Bunting, whilst a Red-throated Pipit and White-rumped Sandpiper were also discovered. Shetland produced lingering Lesser Grey Shrike, Isabelline Wheatear, Snowy Owl, Coues's Arctic Redpoll (another in Orkney) and Eastern Stonechat, whilst new rarities comprised Olive-backed Pipit, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll. New discoveries elsewhere included Hooded Mergansers (Norfolk and Staffordshire), Pallid Harrier (Nottinghamshire), Red-eyed Vireos (East Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire, Co Clare and Co Cork) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), Olive-backed Pipit (Co Cork), Baird's Sandpipers (Co Kerry and Co Wexford), White-rumped Sandpipers (Argyll [2], Co Galway and Co Sligo) and two Richardson's Cackling Geese (Western Isles). The Common Nighthawk (Co Antrim), Red-eyed Vireos (Cornwall and Co Cork), Kentish Plover (Norfolk), American Black Tern (Dorset), Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Blue-winged Teal (Clyde), White-rumped Sandpipers (Co Kerry [3] and Western Isles [2]), Lesser Scaup (Leicestershire) and Long-billed Dowitcher (West Yorkshire) all lingered.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA