Thursday 24th October 2024
	Discoveries today included Dusky Warblers at Cape Clear, County Cork, and St.Martin's, Scilly, on St.Mary's there was an Olive-backed Pipit and White-rumped Sandpiper, on Bryher a Red-throated Pipit was seen. Further afield in Norfolk a White-rumped Sandpiper was found at Snettisham and Black Scoter at Holkham. Continuing rarities comprised the Black-faced Bunting still on the Orkney Isles, White-winged Scoter in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Highland, Lesser Yellowlegs on Scilly(2) and in Norfolk, Olive-backed Pipit in Shetland, Isabelline Shrike species in Dorset, Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatear in Sussex, Canvasback in Essex, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Booted Warbler in Orkney, Spotted Sandpiper in Fife, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon, Orkney, and Norfolk, and Lesser Scaups in Staffordshire and County Wexford.
-  Ben Clark, RBA