Thursday 9th July 2009
	A good day for rare waders was headlined by the finding of an adult Stilt Sandpiper at Loch of Strathbeg RSPB (Aberdeenshire), where a Pectoral Sandpiper was also seen. Pectoral Sandpipers were also found in Lincolnshire and Suffolk. Ireland's third Terek Sandpiper was discovered on the Swords Estuary (Co Dublin) whilst in Highland the River Warbler continued to sing at Applecross. Elsewhere the Little Bittern was still in Somerset and in Norfolk the Buff-breasted Sandpiper lingered at Cley NWT.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA