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Thursday 27th August 2015  
  Today's raritiy sightings included Pallid Harrier on Shetland, Bee-eaters in Shetland (7), Cumbria (2+) and Aberdeenshire, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Wilson's Petrel and a dowitcher species on Isles of Scilly, Bonelli's warbler species in Devon, Spotted Sandpiper in Wiltshire, Red-footed Falcons in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire and Black Stork in East Yorkshire. A Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), Hoopoe (Highland), Temminck's Stint (Kent), Ortolan Bunting (East Yorkshire), two White-winged Black Terns, two Barred Warblers, six Red-backed Shrikes, 12 Wrynecks and a flock of 26 Dotterel were also recorded today.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA