Friday 14th August 2015
	The highlight of day was an arrival of drift migrants, with a Greenish Warbler in North Yorkshire at Filey, three Wrynecks (East Sussex, Essex and Northumberland), four Barred Warblers (Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire (2) and Northumberland), five Icterine Warblers (East Yorkshire (2) and Norfolk (3), and a scattering of Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts and Whinchats. Associated weather-induced movements included 16 Little Terns inland, and totals of 117 Black Terns, and 44 Wood Sandpipers. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Paddyfield Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Black Stork in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull and White-rumped Sandpiper together in Kent, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and two Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Otherwise, scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Devon), American Golden Plover (Orkney Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Essex), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Sabine's Gull (County Clare and Greater Manchester), Cory's Shearwater (Cornwall and East Yorkshire), Long-tailed Skua (County Clare), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Durham, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall, County Derry and Lancashire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA