Monday 2nd October 2023
	Another Red-eyed Vireo was discovered in Yorkshire today, this time at Spurn, with the other still lingering at Bempton Cliffs. Another new bird was on St Agnes, Scilly. In Shetland, new birds included a Snowy Owl at Ronas Hill, an Eastern Stonechat species at Lunna, an Olive-backed Pipit at Voxter and a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Isleburgh, the Eastern Subalpine Warbler was confirmed at Wester Quarff, and other lingering rarities in the archipelago included the Veery, Turkestan Shrike, River Warbler, Lanceolated Warbler and Pallid Harrier. A Semipalmated Sandpiper was found at Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire, joining the lingering Lesser Yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpiper on site, along with a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and the Black Stork. Other new rarities included a White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk and a Lesser Scaup in Perth and Kinross. Other lingering rarities still present included the Cape May Warbler, Black Duck and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Mayo, Yellow Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo and Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, Red-eyed Vireo in County Wexford, Northern Harrier and Lesser Grey Shrike in Cornwall, Wilson's Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher and Pallid Harrier in Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Western Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in County Dublin, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Cork, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal in Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Bedfordshire and Red-breasted Goose in Northumberland.
-  Will Soar, RBA