Tuesday 3rd October 2023
	Nearctic landbirds today comprised a Mourning Dove new in County Galway on Inishmore, the Cape May Warbler still in County Mayo on Achill Island, both Yellow Warbler and Red-eyed Vireo still in Argyll on Tiree, Veery still on Shetland at Lunna, Mainland, two Bobolinks still together on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, and a Red-eyed Vireo still off the Isle of Man on the Calf of Man. Other discoveries included on Shetland Mainland a Great Snipe at North Roe, a Rustic Bunting at Bigton, and a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Housetter, a Greenish Warbler in East Yorkshire at Patrington, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Waterford at The Cunnigar, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Louth at Dundalk, and Pallid Harriers in Fife at St Andrews and Kent at Dungeness. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were River Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Snowy Owl, Pallid Harrier, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Eastern Stonechat species, and two Olive-backed Pipits all on Shetland, Northern Harrier and Lesser Grey Shrike in Cornwall, Northern Harrier, Black Duck, and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Mayo, Stilt Sandpiper on the Western Isles, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Red-breasted Goose in Northumberland, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Wilson's Phalarope in Norfolk, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, and White-rumped Sandpiper together in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Dublin, Pallid Harrier on the Orkney Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in County Cork and Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Western Isles, and Ferruginous Duck in Bedfordshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA