Saturday 20th September 2014
	The highlight of the day was the early morning discovery of Britain's third Masked Shrike at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, where it remained until dusk, with an Olive-backed Pipit nearby. Elsewhere, a Semipalmated Sandpiper was identified in Hampshire at Keyhaven Lagoon, a Snowy Owl was discovered in Highland at Inchnadamph, and a Franklin's Gull was reported at St John's Point, County Down, whilst brief encounters included Red-throated Pipit (Lincolnshire), Little Bunting (East Yorkshire) and Black Kite (Cambridgeshire). On the Shetland Isles a Pallid Harrier remained (Loch of Spiggie), with Red-throated Pipit (Fair Isle), Great Reed Warbler (Bressay), and Arctic Warbler (Hoswick) all new, supported by Rose-coloured Starling, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, two Bluethroats, three each of both Little Bunting and Barred Warbler, four Red-breasted Flycatchers, five Common Rosefinches and 15 Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly the Booted Warbler remained with a Common Rosefinch and Wryneck. Lingering rarities elsewhere comprised the Daurian Shrike (Orkney Isles), Snowy Owl (Moray), Siberian Stonechat (Northumberland), Bonelli's warbler (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Hampshire), White-rumped Sandpiper (County Antrim), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan), and three Olive-backed Pipits (in Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Orkney). Away from Shetland and Scilly, scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Cambridgeshire), Cattle Egret and Red-necked Phalarope (Cheshire) and Temminck's Stint (Worcestershire), Marsh Warbler and Great Grey Shrike (both East Yorkshire), two each of Melodious Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, Richard's Pipit and Sabine's Gull, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, four Red-backed Shrikes, nine each of Wryneck and Pectoral Sandpiper, 16 Barred Warblers, 27 Red-breasted Flycatchers and 47 Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA