Monday 26th September 2011
	Another great day for Nearctic waders with both Semipalmated Plover and Least Sandpiper in County Kerry, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, two Long-billed Dowitchers, three Spotted Sandpipers, four each of both Lesser Yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpiper, seven Semipalmated Sandpipers, seven American Golden Plovers, 25 Pectoral Sandpipers and 38 Buff-breasted Sandpipers (including 23 together at Tacumshin, County Wexford). Other rarities included the Sandhill Crane still in Aberdeenshire, Red-eyed Vireo on the Western Isles, American Buff-billed Pipit, Citrine Wagtail and Pallid Harrier on the Orkney Isles, with other Pallid Harriers in Kent and West Sussex, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Argyll, Bonaparte's Gull in County Kerry, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, Black Kite and Ortolan Bunting in Cornwall, Ferruginous Ducks in both Somerset and Suffolk, House Crow in County Cork, American Black Tern in Lincolnshire and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Bedfordshire. In addition to Nearctic waders, around the Isles of Scilly Northern Waterthrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Ortolan Bunting, Woodchat Shrike, Icterine Warbler, Spotted Crake, Red-backed Shrike, Honey Buzzard and two Wrynecks were logged, whilst on the Shetland Isles, a Pallid Harrier remained with Lesser Grey Shrike, Coues's Arctic Redpoll, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Common Rosefinch, five Yellow-browed Warblers, 15 Lapland Buntings and three Greenland Redpolls.
-  Chris Batty, RBA