Thursday 30th October 2025
	The highlight of the day was a Forster's Tern in Cornwall passing Lizard Point, whilst in County Cork a Fea's Petrel species was logged at Ballycotton. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Daurian Shrike still in County Wexford, Brown Shrike still in Suffolk, Isabelline Shrike species in West Sussex, Steppe Grey Shrike and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Steppe Grey Shrike and Dusky Warbler together in Shetland at Scousburgh, Mainland, three Zitting Cisticolas together in Suffolk, Pallid Harrier in Glamorgan, Long-billed Dowitcher and three White-rumped Sandpipers together in Angus, Lesser Scaup in Northamptonshire, and Ferruginous Duck in Lincolnshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA