Sunday 13th September 2009
	New discoveries came in the form of Red-rumped Swallow on Isles of Scilly, Laughing Gull on Western Isles, Greenish Warblers in Lincolnshire and Co Cork and a Long-billed Dowitcher was reported in Fife. In Cornwall a Black Kite flew over Helston and in Co Mayo a Citrine Wagtail arrived a Corragaun Lough. Glossy Ibis reports comprised seven in Cambridgeshire and singles in Kent, Pembrokeshire/Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Suffolk. Lingering rarities included White-rumped Sandpiper in Essex, Greenish Warbler in North Yorkshire, Booted Warbler in East Yorkshire, two Baird's Sandpipers in Cornwall, King Eider in Lincolnshire, Hooded Merganser in Cleveland, American Golden Plover on Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, Cattle Egret in Hampshire and Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian. In Ireland the Black-headed or Red-headed Bunting remained in Co Cork, the Terek Sandpiper was still in Co Kerry, as was the Snowy Owl in Co Donegal and American Golden Plover in Co Derry. Scarcities highlights included Rose-coloured Starlings in Staffordshire and Cornwall, Tawny Pipits in Cornwall and Orkney, Icterine Warbler in Norfolk, Barred Warblers in Lothian, Isles of Scilly and Shetland (2), Wryneck in Pembrokeshire, Richard's Pipit in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Flycatchers in Western Isles and Lincolnshire, Melodious Warbler in Cornwall and American Wigeon in Oxfordshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA