Wednesday 18th September 2013
	Rarities noted today included the Pied-billed Grebe still in County Mayo, Lesser Grey Shrike in Suffolk, Two-barred Crossbill in both Norfolk and South Yorkshire, Little Bunting on the Shetland Isles, King Eider in Moray, three Blue-winged Teals together in Lincolnshire, Glossy Ibis in Somerset, and single Bonaparte's Gulls in Devon, Lancashire and the Isles of Scilly. Nearctic waders were represented by the Wilson's Phalarope still in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and County Wexford, American Golden Plovers in County Clare, Highland, Orkney Isles and County Wexford, eight Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 12 Pectoral Sandpipers. Seawatching highlights comprised two Wilson's Petrels passing County Mayo, and across country totals of 137 Leach's Petrels, 93 Balearic Shearwaters, 40 Grey Phalaropes, 10 Sabine's Gulls and three Long-tailed Skuas. Other scarce migrants included 30 Lapland Buntings, 12 Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Common Rosefinches, six Wrynecks, three Spotted Crakes, two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Ring-billed Gull, and single Melodious Warbler (Gwynedd), White-winged Black Tern (County Wexford) and Corncrake (Shetland Isles).
-  Chris Batty, RBA