Friday 6th October 2023
	No new rarities were discovered today, for the first time since 14th September. Late news from yesterday concerned a Squacco Heron at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset. Lingerers included the Cape May Warbler in County Mayo, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Harrier and Lesser Grey Shrike in Cornwall, Bobolink and Red-eyed Vireo in Scilly, White's Thrush, Turkestan Shrike, Lanceolated Warbler, Eastern Subalpine Warbler and Eastern Stonechat sp in Shetland, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Wilson's Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, further Lesser Yellowlegs' in County Louth and County Cork, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Pallid Harrier in Kent and Ferruginous Duck in Bedfordshire. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Hoopoe, a Northern Treecreeper, a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, two Little Buntings, three Rose-coloured Starlings, four Red-breasted Flycatchers, five Wrynecks, five Barred Warblers, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, ten Common Rosefinches, two American Wigeon, six Ring-necked Ducks, 44 Taiga Bean Geese, a Dotterel, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, four Pectoral Sandpipers, five American Golden Plovers, five Grey Phalaropes, a Spotted Crake, a Honey Buzzard, a Purple Heron, 27 Glossy Ibises, six Leach's Petrels, two Pomarine Skuas, two Balearic Shearwaters, around 450 Great Shearwaters and around 1,400 Cory's Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA