Wednesday 6th October 2021
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of two more Red-eyed Vireos; in Gwynedd at Porth Meudwy, and on Inishbofin, County Galway. There has now been 12 Nearctic landbirds located since 25th September comprising nine Red-eyed Vireos, two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and a Horned Lark. Other discoveries included an Arctic Warbler in Cleveland at Hartlepool, Red-throated Pipit in Northumberland on Holy Island, and Olive-backed Pipits at both Whitburn, County Durham and Spurn, East Yorkshire. Around the Shetland Isles Greenish Warbler, Olive-backed Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, King Eider, White-billed Diver, Red-backed Shrike, and two Rustic Buntings were on Mainland, Olive-backed Pipit and Arctic Redpoll on Unst, Ring-necked Duck on Yell, with around island totals of two each of both Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinch, four Little Buntings, five Yellow-browed Warblers, and eight Shorelarks. On the Isles of Scilly the Balearic Woodchat Shrike remained on St Mary's, Red-breasted Flycatcher on St Martin's, Common Rosefinch on St Agnes, two Pectoral Sandpipers on Tresco, and up to four Dotterel. Lingering rarities elsewhere comprised the White-tailed Lapwing still in East Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Solitary Sandpiper in County Mayo, Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, unidentified Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper in Hampshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Antrim, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, County Wexford, and County Wicklow.
-  Chris Batty, RBA