Wednesday 10th August 2016
	American waders today comprised the Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Pembrokeshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, White-rumped Sandpipers in both Aberdeenshire and County Antrim, and a Pectoral Sandpiper in Cambridgeshire. Otherwise, scarcities included Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Montagu's Harrier (East Yorkshire), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), Long-tailed Skua (County Durham), two Great Shearwaters, and three each of both Red-necked Phalarope and Glossy Ibis.
-  Chris Batty, RBA