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Wednesday 8th September 2010  
  Find of the day was a Frigatebird species observed flying south past Peterhead (Aberdeenshire) at 3.15pm.

Elsewhere new discoveries included both Lesser Grey Shrike and Wilson's Phalarope on Isles of Scilly, Booted Warbler, Greenish Warbler and Ortolan Bunting in Northumberland, Arctic Warbler on Western Isles, Glossy Ibis in Dorset and Marbled Duck in Bedfordshire.

The Whiskered Tern (Leicestershire), American Golden Plovers (Shetland, Argyll and Orkney), Ferruginous Duck (Somerset) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (Lothian) all lingered and a flock of 20 Glossy Ibises remained in Devon.

Six Ortolan Buntings and a Little Bunting were also recorded amongst at plethora of scarce migrants.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA