Friday 7th September 2018
	A White-throated Sparrow arrived on Foula, Shetland this afternoon, with other new discoveries including another Arctic Warbler on Fair Isle (joining two already present), Arctic Warbler and Greenish Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Greenish Warbler in Norfolk and Black Kite in Bedfordshire. Lingering rarities included the Booted Warbler in Suffolk, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Shetland, Snowy Owl in Western Isles and Ferruginous Duck in Essex. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, an Ortolan Bunting, a Melodious Warbler, two Icterine Warblers, three Red-backed Shrikes, five Yellow-browed Warblers, nine Common Rosefinches, ten Barred Warblers, 13 Wrynecks, a Dotterel, a Temminck's Stint, a Pectoral Sandpiper, three American Golden Plovers, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, a Corncrake, three Spotted Crakes, a Montagu's Harrier, three Honey Buzzards, three White Storks, a Long-tailed Skua, five Pomarine Skuas, two Leach's Petrels and a Glaucous Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA