Tuesday 30th September 2025
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of the first Red-eyed Vireo of the autumn, in the Western Isles on Barra. Elsewhere, new rarities comprised an Isabelline Shrike species in Norfolk at Happisburgh, in the Isles of Scilly Wilson's Phalarope on St Mary's and Rustic Bunting on St Agnes, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan at Landimore, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Cork at Garinish, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Angus at Fishtown of Usan, Bonaparte's Gull in Highland at Dunnet Bay, and three White-rumped Sandpipers together at Tacumshin, County Wexford. Continuing rarities comprised the Swainson's Thrush still in County Donegal, a Zitting Cisticola in Suffolk, Western Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Paddyfield Warbler and Spotted Sandpiper in the Isles of Scilly, Radde's Warbler and Hornemman's Redpoll together in Shetland, Dusky Warbler in East Yorkshire, Siberian Stonechat in County Durham, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Clare, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cambridgeshire, and White-rumped Sandpiper in County Cork.
-  Chris Batty, RBA