Friday 15th August 2008
	The next two weeks are now well known for their records of Fea's Petrels, the majority being sighted from Irish west coast headlands. Today, at least one was seen, first from Galley Head early morning, with it, or another in the Dunowen Head area this evening, both sites being in County Cork. Other Irish seabirds included a Wilson's Petrel off the Bridges of Ross, County Clare, and 'padder' species such as Cory's Shearwaters, Great Shearwaters, Balearic Shearwaters, Long-tailed Skuas, Pomarine Skuas, Grey Phalaropes and Sabine's Gulls were all seen. Another Wilson's Petrel was seen from this evening's pelagic out of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, with the Wilson's Phalarope still present in Northumberland, at Grindon Lough. Other lingerers included the Lesser Grey Shrike in Dorset, American Golden Plover in Kent, three Two-barred Crossbills on Shetland and the Cattle Egret in Norfolk. National scarcities included a Red-necked Phalarope at Saul Warth, Gloucestershire, two drake Surf Scoters off Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, Melodious Warbler trapped and ringed near Sennen, Cornwall and an inland Montagu's Harrier on the Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire border near Tring was a good record for the area.
-  Will Soar, RBA