Tuesday 18th October 2022
	On the Isles of Scilly the Blackburnian Warbler remained on Bryher, Booted Warbler, Wilson's Snipe, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Bluethroat, Little Bunting, Red-breasted Flycatcher, and Common Rosefinch all on St Mary's, Pallas's Warbler and Short-toed Lark on St Agnes, and at sea three Great Shearwaters and five Cory's Shearwaters. On the Shetland Isles Red-flanked Bluetail, Eastern Stonechat species, and King Eider were on Mainland, Parrot Crossbill and Red-breasted Flycatcher on Unst, Black-winged Stilt on Yell, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Little Bunting on Bressay, and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Fair Isle. Discoveries elsewhere included a Radde's Warbler in Essex at The Naze, Olive-backed Pipit in Cornwall at Pendeen, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lancashire at Leighton Moss, Black Kite in Somerset at West Moor, and a pratincole species briefly at Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Red-eyed Vireo in County Cork, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Whiskered Tern in Angus, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Blyth's Reed Warbler in County Donegal, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper and Cackling Goose on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Conwy, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Wexford, King Eider in Lothian, two Cackling Geese in Argyll, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cleveland, County Cork, and Cornwall (2).
-  Chris Batty, RBA