Tuesday 15th August 2006
	The star find today was a colour-ringed juvenile Aquatic Warbler trapped at Sandwich Bay, Kent. The BTO confirmed that it was originally ringed as a nestling at Sporovsky Ramsar Site in southern Belarus on 17 June. Another Aquatic Warbler was reported at Uskmouth Nature Reserve, Gwent. A truly twitchable Aquatic Warbler is no doubt high on the 'wish list' of many British twitchers. Other new rarities came in the form of an adult White-rumped Sandpiper at East Chevington NWT, Northumberland and a Lesser Yellowlegs in Dundrum Inner Bay, County Down. A female Blue-winged Teal was reported at Marbury Country Park, Cheshire. In Dorset the adult Stilt Sandpiper remained on Brownsea Island National Trust Lagoon, the drake Ferruginous Duck was still at Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire and the adult Long-billed Dowitcher reappeared at Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire. A male Ortolan Bunting was a top find at Llanbradach, Glamorgan and new Barred Warblers were located at South Gare, Cleveland and Winterton South Dunes, Norfolk. The Blakeney Point bird was also still present for it's third day. Red-necked Phalaropes were located at Newport Wetlands Nature Reserve, Gwent and Sandbach Flashes, Cheshire and Spotted Crakes were at Marazion Marsh, Cornwall and Blacktoft Sands RSPB, East Yorkshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA