Monday 24th October 2022
	Discoveries today included an Isabelline Wheatear in County Cork at Toe Head, an Eastern Stonechat species in Cornwall on The Lizard, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, Red-rumped Swallow in Lincolnshire at Saltfleetby, Lesser Scaup in Perth and Kinross at Loch Leven, and Ferruginous Duck in County Donegal at Inch Island, whilst the influx of Pallid Swifts gathered pace with at least eight confirmed today: in Conwy, Norfolk (2), Suffolk, and East Yorkshire (4). On the Shetland Isles a Rufous Turtle Dove was new at Quendale with elsewhere on Mainland Red-flanked Bluetail, Blyth's Reed Warbler, King Eider, and Great Grey Shrike, on Yell Red-flanked Bluetail, on Out Skerries Olive-backed Pipit, and on Fair Isle Bluethroat, Hoopoe, and Black-bellied Dipper. On the Isles of Scilly the Blackburnian Warbler remained on Bryher, Wilson's Snipe, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Red-rumped Swallow, and Red-throated Pipit on St Mary's, Short-toed Lark and Wryneck on St Agnes, and Common Rosefinch on St Martin's. Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised the Collared Pratincole still in Gloucestershire, Whiskered Tern in Angus, Pied-billed Grebe and Cackling Goose in Argyll, Eastern Black Redstart on the Orkney Isles, Arctic Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler together in County Donegal, Subalpine Warbler species in Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat species in Fife, Dusky Warblers in Somerset and Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Conwy and Norfolk, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cleveland, Cornwall, and Merseyside.
-  Chris Batty, RBA