Friday 21st September 2012
	A busy day for new rarities. Top of the standings came from Out Skerries, Shetland, with both Pechora Pipit and Lanceolated Warbler discovered. Nearby, an Arctic Warbler and a Citrine Wagtail were found on Fair Isle, whilst a Blyth's Reed Warbler was on Unst. Another Blyth's Reed Warbler was further south on Sanday, Orkney. Off the west coast, an American Buff-bellied Pipit was on the beach at Smerclate, South Uist. Further south, an adult male Red-footed Falcon flew over Fenwick,. Northumberland, with a White-rumped Sandpiper also in the same county. Another White-rumped Sandpiper joined the Western or Semipalmated Sandpiper at Hoylake, Wirral. Ortolan Buntings were found on Lundy, Devon, and on St Mary's and St Agnes, both Isles of Scilly. Lingering rarities were headlined by the Short-billed Dowitchers in Dorset and Isles of Scilly, Baillon's Crake in London, Western Bonelli's Warbler on Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpiper in Somerset, Semipalmated Sandpipers in County Cork and Ceredigion, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire and Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim.
-  Will Soar, RBA