Wednesday 2nd September 2015
	New rarities today comprised a Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cornwall at Nanjizal, and a Red-footed Falcon in Somerset at Steart. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were single Black Storks in both East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Citrine Wagtail on the Shetland Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, and three Bee-eaters together in Cumbria. Scarcities included 15 Wrynecks, nine Cattle Egrets, eight Long-tailed Skuas, seven Barred Warblers, six Red-backed Shrikes, three each of both White-winged Black Tern and Pectoral Sandpiper, two Hoopoes, American Wigeon (Northumberland), Icterine Warbler and Common Rosefinch (both on the Shetland Isles).
-  Chris Batty, RBA