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Saturday 30th August 2014  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Booted Warbler on Burray, Orkney Isles. Elsewhere, Blyth's Reed Warblers were trapped in both Aberdeenshire and Suffolk, whilst in Kent a Tawny Pipit showed well, and both Gyr and Black Kite flew over. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Marsh Sandpiper in Gloucester, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Western Bonelli's Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, Greenish Warbler in Norfolk, and in Suffolk, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, two Greenish Warblers and a Ferruginous Duck.

Scarcities included 20 Wrynecks, eight each of Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinch, five Pectoral Sandpipers, four Dotterel, two each of Melodious Warbler and Red-backed Shrike, and single Short-toed Lark (Shetland Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (Kent), Temminck's Stint (Cambridgeshire), Spotted Crake (Somerset) and Purple Heron (Suffolk).

Seawatching produced Wilson's Petrel (County Clare), 20 Great Shearwaters, 16 Leach's Petrels, nine Sabine's Gulls and three Cory's Shearwaters.
Chris Batty, RBA
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