Saturday 18th September 2010
	A Whiskered Tern in Cheshire, Red-rumped Swallow in Dorset, Red-footed Falcon in Kent and Lesser Yellowlegs on Western Isles were all discovered today. In East Yorkshire a Fea's Petrel was tracked flying south past Grimston and Kilnsea, before it flew back north past Easington. Ireland produced the lingering House Crow, along with a flock of seven Blue-winged Teals (including a flock of five in Co Mayo), Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Kerry, American Golden Plover, Wilson's Phalarope and Baird's Sandpiper in Co Wexford, Woodchat Shrike in Co Cork and Snowy Owl in Co Mayo. Lingering rarities included House Finch in Devon, Spotted Sandpiper on Isles of Scilly, King Eider in Suffolk, Wilson's Phalarope in Kent, Ortolan Bunting in Cornwall and White-rumped Sandpiper in Kent. At least ten Glossy Ibises were also recorded, along with Spotted Crake in Suffolk, Red-necked Phalarope in Lancashire, Red-breasted Flycatcher on Shetland and White-winged Black Tern in Northumberland.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA