Sunday 22nd September 2013
	On Shetland today's highlights included Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Mainland and Blyth's Reed Warbler and Two-barred Crossbill on Unst. In Ireland rarities included Elegant Tern in Co Kerry, American Golden Plovers in Co Clare, Co Wexford, Co Galway and Co Derry (2), Baird's Sandpipers in Co Kerry and Co Donegal (2), Semipalmated Sandpipers in Co Cork and Co Wexford (2) and Lesser Yellowlegs in Co Wexford. Elsewhere rarity sightings comprised Lesser Grey Shrike in Suffolk, Red-rumped Swallow in Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Blue-winged Teals in Clyde and Lincolnshire (3), American Golden Plovers in Northumberland and Argyll, Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk (3) and South Yorkshire (2), Glossy Ibises in Somerset (2) and Cornwall (4), Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and Carmarthenshire, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and King Eider in Moray.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA