Saturday 30th October 2021
	An Upland Sandpiper was the highlight of the day, being found on Unst, Shetland. Other discoveries included American Buff-bellied Pipits on The Lizard in Cornwall and at Ring Strand in Co.Cork. Lesser Yellowlegs were found at Ballycotton in Co.Cork and Rahasane Turlough in Co.Galway. In Norfolk, a drake Ferruginous Duck made an appearance at Welney WWT. The drake White-winged Scoter reappeared off Musselburgh in Lothian. The Varied Thrush continued to show on Papa Westray, while other continuing rarities comprised the Semipalmated Plover in Co.Cork, Red-breasted and Richardson's Cackling Geese - and Long-billed Dowitcher - on Islay, Arctic Warbler in Cleveland, Brown Shrike in Cornwall, White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup, Olive-backed Pipit and Subalpine Warbler sp on Scilly, and Lesser Scaup in Somerset. Additional highlights nationally included three Snow Geese (Moray), two American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, four Surf Scoters, up to seven American Golden Plovers, Dotterel (Suffolk), three Pectoral Sandpipers, Ring-billed Gull (Co.Kerry), 28 Little Auks, 22 Glossy Ibises, four Hoopoes, Red-backed Shrike (Ceredigion), three Great Grey Shrikes, seven Shorelarks, Short-toed Lark (Norfolk), Barred Warbler (Devon), two Rose-coloured Starlings, Red-breasted Flycatcher (Scilly), three Richard's Pipits and Little Bunting (Scilly).
-  David Campbell, RBA