Tuesday 4th October 2022
	On the Shetland Isles a Lanceolated Warbler was new at Wester Quarff whilst elsewhere on Mainland Pechora Pipit, Eastern Stonechat species, King Eider, Barred Warbler, the probable Homeyer's Great Grey Shrike, and three Hornemann's Actic Redpolls. On Out Skerries an Olive-backed Pipit, on Fair Isle American Golden Plover, Bluethroat, and Corncrake, and on Unst Ortolan Bunting, Bluethroat, and Barred Warbler. On the Isles of Scilly a Greenish Warbler was new on St Agnes, Little Bunting on St Martin's, and two Common Rosefinches on St Mary's, whilst an incredible sea passage included an estimated 2,522 Great Shearwaters, 183 Cory's Shearwaters, 200 Balearic Shearwaters, and 400 Sooty Shearwaters. Discoveries elsewhere included Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Mayo at Achill Island, Red-footed Falcon in Kent at Elmley, and on the Western Isles an American Buff-bellied Pipit joined the Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler on St Kilda. Lingering rarities included Radde's Warbler and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Orkney Isles, Pallid Harrier in Dumfries and Galloway, Spotted Sandpiper in Hampshire, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in London, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cleveland, Kentish Plover in Somerset, and Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA