Wednesday 17th September 2008
	New discoveries today included a Booted Warbler on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, Western Bonelli's Warbler on Fair Isle, Rustic Bunting on Unst and Citrine Wagtail on Whalsay, all Shetland, Red-rumped Swallow at Holme, Norfolk and an obliging Great Snipe at Speeton, Yorkshire. Late news concerned an Eleonora's Falcon on Saturday at Maldon, Essex, which which identified recently from photographs. Lingering rarities included the Greater Sand Plover in Aberdeenshire, Greenish Warblers in Cornwall and Northumberland, Thrush Nightingale in Norfolk, Wilson's Phalarope in Lincolnshire, which visited Yorkshire briefly, and a Citrine Wagtail on Scilly.
-  Will Soar, RBA