Friday 15th September 2006
	The 'Fair Isle season' kicked off in style today, with the Magic Isle hosting two Lanceolated Warblers, Pechora Pipit and Yellow-breasted Bunting, amongst a plethora of scarce migrants. Elsewhere there were also plenty of new rarities on offer, including a Semipalmated Sandpiper on South Uist, Western Isles, Wilson's Phalarope at the Walmsley Sanctuary, Cornwall, American Golden Plover at Pagham Harbour, West Sussex, Citrine Wagtail on Out Skerries, Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs at Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, Aberdeenshire and Black Kite near West Linton, Borders. Norfolk produced three different Red-breasted Flycatchers (at Kelling, Great Yarmouth and Burnham Overy), and the Isles of Scilly continued to host a fine selection of scarcities, along with the long staying Subalpine Warbler on Bryher. Bonaparte's Gulls remained in Northumberland and County Kerry, the long-staying Semipalmated Sandpiper continued to frequent Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire and in Lancashire the adult drake Lesser Scaup remained at Pine Lake.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA