Monday 19th September 2011
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo and Solitary Sandpiper on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, with a supporting cast around the archipelago including Blue-winged Teal, Ortolan Bunting, Bee-eater, Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike and Lapland Bunting. Elsewhere, a Pallid Harrier was identified at Burpham, West Sussex, a Blyth's Reed Warbler was discovered in Argyll on Coll, the American Black Tern remained in Lincolnshire, as did the Pallid Harrier in County Wexford, Citrine Wagtail on the Orkney Isles, two Black Kites together in Cornwall and a Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, whilst around the Shetland Isles were two Pallid Harriers, two Blyth's Reed Warblers, a Citrine Wagtail and a Little Bunting. Nearctic waders comprised Least Sandpiper (Shetland Isles), Semipalmated Sandpiper (County Cork, County Kerry, Gloucestershire and County Sligo), Wilson's Phalarope (County Cork), Spotted Sandpiper (Gloucestershire), Long-billed Dowitcher (Clyde and Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Cornwall), American Golden Plover (County Kerry and County Wexford), White-rumped Sandpiper (Cornwall, County Offaly and County Wexford (2), with ten Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 19 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA