Monday 19th August 2013
	Two Lesser Yellowlegs were discovered today, one in Cornwall and another in Forth, whilst a third lingered in Carmarthenshire. Elsewhere new discoveries included a Two-barred Crossbill on Orkney and a Barolo Shearwater was reported flying past the Co Kerry coastline. Lingering rarities included six Two-barred Crossbills in South Yorkshire, Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire, Citrine Wagtail on Shetland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire and Bridled Tern in Northumberland. Four Pectoral Sandpipers, Common Rosefinch (Fair Isle), Red-necked Phalarope (Norfolk), Common Crane (Forth), Night Heron (South Yorkshire), Spotted Crake (Somerset) and Icterine Warbler (Suffolk) were also logged today.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA