TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 20090 SUBJECT: GRB 161022A: LT observations DATE: 16/10/22 09:04:32 GMT FROM: Cristiano Guidorzi at Ferrara U,Italy C. Guidorzi (U. Ferrara), C.G. Mundell (U. Bath), S. Kobayashi, I.A. Steele (LJMU), A. Gomboc (U. Nova Gorica) on behalf of a large collaboration report: The 2-m Liverpool Telescope began observing Swift GRB161022A (Stamatikos et al., GCN 20087) with the RINGO3 polarimeter on October 22, 02:46:59 UT (199 s since trigger). Within the prompt enhanced XRT error circle (Evans et al. GCN 20088) we found nothing brighter than 20.5 mag in the SDSS-R filter at a mid time of 35 minutes post burst.