Sunday 20th October 2019
	The highlight of the day was a Chestnut-eared Bunting on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's albeit present only briefly in the early morning; just the third British record of this Asian species. Otherwise on St Mary's the Blue Rock Thrush remained with Little Bunting, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Richard's Pipit, Spotted Crake and Waxwing all logged, Spotted Sandpiper, Subalpine Warbler and Red-backed Shrike on St Agnes, Red-breasted Flycatcher on Tresco and Common Rosefinch on Bryher. On the Shetland Isles a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Richard's Pipit were on Fair Isle, and Richard's Pipit, Red-backed Shrike and six Waxwings were all on Mainland. Rarities elsewhere comprised both Myrtle Warbler and Red-eyed Vireo still together in County Galway, Red-eyed Vireo in East Yorkshire, Radde's Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cornwall, Pacific Diver and Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork, American Black Tern still in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Waterford and White-rumped Sandpipers in Ayrshire (2), County Cork, Cornwall, Western Isles (8) and County Wexford. Significant late news concerned confirmation of an Isabelline Wheatear on Lundy, Devon on Friday; the sixth to be located in Britain since 10th September.
-  Chris Batty, RBA