Sunday 25th September 2022
	Discoveries today included a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Western Isles on South Uist, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire at Donna Nook, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire at Scorton, and in Norfolk two Red-footed Falcons together at Hickling Broad. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present included Baird's Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, Pallid Harrier in Cornwall, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, and Kentish Plover in Somerset. On the Shetland Isles a King Eider was on Yell, Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, and Barred Warbler on Unst, Surf Scoter and two Pectoral Sandpipers on Mainland, and a total of five Common Roesfinches. On the Isles of Scilly a Barred Warbler was on Tresco, Common Rosefinch on Gugh, and both Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck on St Mary's. Elsewhere notable scarcities comprised Icterine Warbler (Norfolk), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Kent), Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Golden Plover (Anglesey), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), Rose-coloured Starling (County Cork), and two Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Gwynedd and Western Isles).
-  Chris Batty, RBA