Wednesday 5th September 2018
	Rare warblers proved to be the highlight of the day with both Lanceolated and Arctic located on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles, another Arctic Warbler in East Yorkshire at Flamborough Head and in Norfolk Greenish Warblers at both Blakeney Point and Burnham Overy Dunes. The best of the rest comprised Pallid Harrier (Cheshire), Melodious Warbler (Pembrokeshire), White-winged Black Tern (Essex), Red-necked Phalarope (East Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lothian), Temminck's Stint (Hampshire), Sabine's Gull (Lincolnshire), Ring-necked Duck (Aberdeenshire), American Golden Plover and Rose-coloured Starling (both Argyll), two each of Ortolan Bunting, Red-backed Shrike and Cory's Shearwater, three each of Icterine Warbler, Long-tailed Skua, Spotted Crake and Dotterel, four each of both Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinch, and five each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Great Shearwater, 11 Wrynecks and a total of 97 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA