Sunday 1st October 2023
	North American landbirds continue to dominate with the Philadelphia Vireo showing again alongside a Red-eyed Vireo on the Western Isles on Barra, the Cape May Warbler still in County Mayo on Achill Island, Yellow Warbler and Red-eyed Vireo both still in Argyll on Tiree, Black-and-white Warbler still in Gwynedd on Bardsey, Veery still on the Shetland Isles on Mainland at Lunna, two Bobolinks still together on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's with a Red-eyed Vireo on nearby St Agnes, and further Red-eyed Vireos in East Yorkshire at Bempton Cliffs and off the Isle of Man on the Calf of Man. Discoveries elsewhere included on Shetland a River Warbler at Brae, a Rustic Bunting at Cunningsburgh, and a Subalpine Warbler species at Wester Quarff, a Stilt Sandpiper on the Western Isles on North Uist, a Baird's Sandpiper briefly in Northumberland at Goswick, Red-throated Pipit on Anglesey at South Stack, Pallid Harrier on the Orkney Isles on Sanday, and Ferruginous Ducks both in Bedfordshire at Shefford and Norfolk at Feltwell. Lingering rarirties confirmed as still present were the Northern Harrier and Lesser Grey Shrike in Cornwall, Northern Harrier, Black Duck, and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull all in County Mayo, Turkestan Shrike, Lanceolated Warbler, Pallid Harrier, Olive-backed Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, and Greenish Warbler all on Shetland, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Northumberland, Black Stork, Lesser Yellowlegs, and White-rumped Sandpiper all together in Lincolnshire , Wilson's Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, Pallid Harrier in Essex, two Blue-winged Teals together in East Yorkshire, Iberian Chiffchaff and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in County Dublin, and Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles.
-  Chris Batty, RBA