Friday 10th September 2010
	An Isabelline Shrike of the form isabellinus, Daurian Shrike, was discovered at Gosport (Hampshire) this evening, but it was only positively identified from photographs after dark. Elsewhere new discoveries included a presumed Western Bonelli's Warbler and Citrine Wagtail on North Ronaldsay (Orkney), Broad-billed Sandpiper at South Gare (Cleveland), Aquatic Warbler at Dungeness RSPB (Kent), Paddyfield Warbler and Ortolan Bunting on Mainland Shetland, White-rumped Sandpiper on Lewis (Western Isles) and Greenish Warbler on Isle of May (Fife). Lingering rarities came in the form of Wilson's Phalaropes (Kent and Isles of Scilly), Lesser Grey Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Black Stork (Highland), Arctic Warbler (Norfolk), House Finch (Devon), Greenish Warbler (Northumberland), Ferruginous Duck (Northamptonshire) and twenty Glossy Ibises were still in Devon. In Ireland a Spotted Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper were both found at Leam Lough, Co Mayo, the American Herring Gull lingered in Co Kerry and flocks of Buff-breasted Sandpipers included groups of eight in Cork and at least five in Wexford. The best of the rest included White-winged Black Terns in Cambridgeshire and Leicestershire, Great White Egrets in Kent and Nottinghamshire, Short-toed Lark on Fair Isle, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers on Isles of Scilly and Melodious Warbler in Cornwall.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA