Tuesday 17th September 2013
	New discoveries today included a third juvenile Blue-winged Teal joining the lingering two at Boultham Mere, Lincolnshire, a juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs at West Canvey Marsh RSPB, Essex and a Wilson's Petrel off the Bridges of Ross, County Clare. Lingering rarities included the Elegant Tern in County Kerry, Lesser Grey Shrike in Suffolk, Wilson's Phalarope and three Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, another Bonaparte's Gull in Lancashire, American Golden Plovers in Highland, Argyll and County Clare, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester and Ferruginous Duck and Glossy Ibis in Somerset. The Great Snipe in Yorkshire was unfortunately picked up dead early morning.
-  Will Soar, RBA