Thursday 29th August 2013
	Drift rarities lingered on, with Booted Warbler still on the Shetland Isles, Citrine Wagtails on both the Shetland Isles and the Isles of Scilly (2), and Greenish Warblers in County Durham, the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles (4). Associated scarce migrants included Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), Rose-coloured Starling and Corncrake (Norfolk), Hoopoe (Kent), Lapland Bunting (Orkney Isles), two Icterine Warblers (Shetland Isles), two Red-breasted Flycatchers (East Yorkshire), five Common Rosefinches, six Barred Warblers, 13 Red-backed Shrikes, and 26 Wrynecks. Nearctic waders were repesented the Wilson's Phalarope still in County Antrim, Lesser Yellowlegs in Carmarthenshire, two White-rumped Sandpipers together in County Donegal, and three Pectoral Sandpipers. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still in County Mayo, a Two-barred Crossbill in South Yorkshire, both Ferruginous Duck and Glossy Ibis in Somerset, and a White-winged Black Tern in County Louth.
-  Chris Batty, RBA