Thursday 22nd October 2020
	New discoveries today included a Rustic Bunting at Nanjizal, Cornwall, two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls at Baltasound, Unst and one near Melby, Mainland, with a Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Burravoe, all Shetland, single Dusky Warblers on St Martin's, Scilly and at Mid Yell, Shetland, a Pallid Swift at Posbrook, Hampshire, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Welney, Norfolk and single Richardson's Cackling Geese near Fallin, Forth and at Termoncarragh, County Mayo. Significant late news concerned a Double-crested Cormorant on 29th September on a boat 149 miles west of Valentia Island, County Kerry. Lingering rarities included the Blackpoll Warbler, Pine Bunting, Red-throated Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Shetland, White's Thrush in Devon, Brown Shrikes in Yorkshire and Northumberland, two Red-flanked Bluetails, Eastern Stonechat and three Dusky Warblers in Norfolk, Red-flanked Bluetail in Western Isles, further Eastern Stonechats in Cleveland and Sussex, Desert Wheatear in Northumberland, two Dusky Warblers in Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs' in Somerset, Devon and Yorkshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, Blue-winged Teal in County Mayo and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Short-toed Lark, a Shorelark, a Parrot Crossbill, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Hoopoes, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Red-backed Shrikes, three Bluethroats, five Pallas's Warblers, five Little Buntings, five Richard's Pipits, six Great Grey Shrikes, ten Waxwings, 19 Lapland Buntings, a Pectoral Sandpiper, an American Golden Plover, an American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, a Black Brant, four Tundra Bean Geese, a Rough-legged Buzzard, two Honey Buzzards, six Glossy Ibises, an Iceland Gull, two Glaucous Gulls, a Little Auk, two Long-tailed Skuas and 140 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA