Wednesday 11th September 2013
	Rarities today included five Two-barred Crossbills together in South Yorkshire, Western Bonelli's, Western Subalpine and Arctic Warbler all on the Shetland Isles, Black Kite on the Western Isles, Citrine Wagtail in Cornwall, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde, and Glossy Ibis and two Ferruginous Ducks in Somerset. Nearctic waders comprised the Lesser Yellowlegs still in Carmarthenshire, Baird's Sandpipers in County Mayo and the Western Isles (2), Semipalmated Sandpipers in Argyll, County Kerry and County Wexford, American Golden Plovers in Argyll (three on Tiree), Cornwall and County Wexford, White-rumped Sandpiper in Cornwall, Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Lancashire, Isles of Scilly and County Wexford, and a total of nine Pectoral Sandpipers. Scarce migrants included 10 Lapland Buntings, seven Wrynecks, six Common Rosefinches, four Red-backed Shrikes, two Icterine Warblers (Dorset and the Isles of Scilly), two Yellow-browed Warblers, Marsh Warbler (Shetland Isles) and Spotted Crake (Kent). Seawatching produced 46 sightings of Long-tailed Skuas from watchpoints between North Yorkshire (including 14 passing Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire) and Kent, along with four Sabine's Gulls. Significant late news concerns a Greater Yellowlegs at Reculver, Kent on 10th September, with a Snowy Owl present again on St Kilda, Western Isles on the same day.
-  Chris Batty, RBA