Sunday 24th August 2014
	On the busiest day for over three months (the first day since 19th May to break 300 messages), it was uncommon migrants, mainly Whinchats and Redstarts, which provided the bulk of the news. Nevertheless, one of the first messages this morning contained news of two Fea's Petrels from a pelagic off Baltimore, County Cork, seen within 20 minutes of setting sail. Lingering rarities still present today included the Long-billed Dowitcher in County Offaly, 12 Bee-eaters on the Isle of Wight, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcities included an Icterine Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, two Red-backed Shrikes, four Barred Warblers, four Spotted Crakes, a Pectoral Sandpiper and a Temminck's Stint, whilst other seabirds included two Sabine's Gulls, seven Cory's Shearwaters, 20 Great Shearwaters, two Long-tailed Skuas and four Pomarine Skuas.
-  Will Soar, RBA