Monday 9th September 2013
	Several American waders were logged today, including 20 Pectoral Sandpipers, five Semipalmated Sandpipers, five Buff-breasted Sandpiper, three American Golden Plovers, two White-rumped Sandpipers, two Lesser Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpiper (Co Mayo) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Hampshire). Elsewhere lingering rarities included Western Bonelli's Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Pied-billed Grebe (Co Mayo), Lesser Scaup (Greater Manchester), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Blue-winged Teal (Clyde), five Two-barred Crossbills (South Yorkshire), two Ferruginous Ducks (Somerset), Citrine Wagtail (Shetland) and Ortolan Bunting (Scilly). At least one Icterine Warbler (Scilly), Barred Warbler (Shetland), two Temminck's Stints, three Common Rosefinches, four Spotted Crakes, five Red-backed Shrikes and eight Wrynecks were all reported.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA