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Wednesday 23rd September 2015  
  A Blackpoll Warbler and Grey-cheeked Thrush were discovered at St Warna's Cove on St Agnes (Isles of Scilly), whilst White-rumped Sandpiper (Norfolk), Pallid Harrier and Red-footed Falcon (Kent), Long-billed Dowitcher (Hampshire), Arctic Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler (Shetland) were also new today.

Lingering rarities comprised Wilson's Phalarope (Essex), Blyth's Reed Warbler, Pallid Harrier and Rustic Bunting (Shetland), Long-billed Dowitcher (Pembrokeshire), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (East Yorkshire) and Lesser Scaup (Somerset).

The best of the rest included Cattle Egret (Kent), Serin (Pembrokeshire), two Barred Warblers, two Dotterel, two Common Rosefinches, two Glossy Ibises, two Buff-breasted Sandpipers, two American Golden Plovers, four Wrynecks and five Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA