Thursday 16th September 2010
	Attention again turned to the sea, with most of the action focussed around North Wales and The Wirral. However, the headline seabird was seen in Cornwall, a Barolo Little Shearwater that lingered off St Ives Island for ten minutes early afternoon. Another Barolo Little Shearwater was reported off Rhos Point (Conwy). Impressive Leach's Petrel counts included 341 past Leasowe (Wirral) and at least 240 past Rhos Point (Conwy), whilst smaller numbers of Long-tailed Skuas, Sabine's Gulls and Grey Phalaropes were also record. New discoveries included a White-rumped Sandpiper in Kent, Red-rumped Swallow in Hampshire, two Blue-winged Teals and a Wilson's Phalarope in Co Wexford, American Golden Plover in West Sussex and Citrine Wagtail on Orkney. A flock of 19 Glossy Ibises flew over Catford (London). A Spotted Sandpiper and Greenish Warbler on Isles of Scilly, House Crow in Co Cork, House Finch in Devon, Arctic Warbler in Norfolk, King Eider in Suffolk, Whiskered Tern in Leicestershire and Black Duck in Co Kerry all lingered.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA