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Friday 10th October 2025  
  Again the highlight of the day was White-throated Needletail which showed well in North Yorkshire at Scarborough late morning and was later over Long Nab in the mid afternoon.

In the Isles of Scilly the Mourning Dove, American Pipit, and Spotted Sandpiper all remained on St Agnes and were joined by an Arctic Warbler, whilst in Shetland Siberian Thrush, Blackpoll Warbler, Western Subalpine Warbler, and Blue-winged Teal all continued.

Elsewhere in Britain a Black-headed Bunting was new in Orkney on North Ronaldsay, and a Dusky Warbler arrived in Devon on Lundy, whilst the Turkestan Shrike remained in Suffolk, as did the Brown Shrike in Pembrokeshire, Marsh Sandpiper in Lothian, Baird's Sandpipers in Leicestershire and the Western Isles, White-rumped Sandpiper in Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk, Ross's Goose in North Merseyside, and Lesser Scaup in North Yorkshire.

In Ireland two Harlequin Ducks and the Grey-cheeked Thrush remained in County Donegal, Northern Parula, Western Bonelli's Warbler, and Red-throated Pipit all in County Cork, American Pipits in both County Clare and County Galway, Isabelline Wheatear in County Waterford, Baird's Sandpiper and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Mayo, and in County Wexford between Rosslare and Tacumshin two Northern Harriers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, two Semipalmated Sandpipers, and six White-rumped Sandpipers.
Chris Batty, RBA
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