Wednesday 16th October 2019
	On the Shetland Isles the Siberian Rubythroat showed briefly on Fetlar with Barred Warbler and Waxwing also there, on Fair Isle Pechora, Richard's and two Olive-backed Pipits and two Shorelarks, on Unst a Waxwing, and around Mainland an Eastern Stonechat, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Spotted Crake. On the Isles of Scilly the Rose-breasted Grosbeak remained on St Martin's, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Dotterel were on Tresco, Common Rosefinch on Gugh, and on St Mary's Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue Rock Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-throated Pipit, Blue-winged Teal, White-rumped Sandpiper, Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Wryneck and two Spotted Crakes. Nearctic rarities elsewhere included the Common Nighthawk still in Count Antrim, Myrtle Warblers in both County Galway and the Western Isles, Red-eyed Vireos in County Cork, County Galway and East Yorkshire, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Orkney Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher and Richardson's Cackling Goose on the Western Isles, American Black Tern still in Dorset, Hooded Merganser still in London, and White-rumped Sandpipers in Aberdeenshire, County Cork (2), Cornwall, Dorset, County Kerry (3) and the Western Isles (5). Rarities from Eurasia included an Olive-backed Pipit in Cornwall at Nanjizal, Red-flanked Bluetail still in North Yorkshire, Eastern Stonechat on the Orkney Isles and Ferruginous Duck in Powys.
-  Chris Batty, RBA