Saturday 8th September 2018
	New discoveries today included a Blyth's Reed Warbler and Pallid Harrier in Shetland, at Rerwick and on Fair Isle respectively, and three Wilson's Petrels off Porthgwarra, Cornwall. Lingering rarities included the White-throated Sparrow on Foula, Shetland, single Arctic Warblers at Hauxley, Northumberland and on Fair Isle, Greenish Warbler at Blakeney, Norfolk, Pallid Harrier at Neston, Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher at Frampton, Lincolnshire and Ferruginous Duck at Abberton, Essex. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Red-backed Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Melodious Warbler, an Icterine Warbler, two Marsh Warblers, two Hoopoes, three Lapland Buntings, nine Wrynecks, ten Common Rosefinches, ten Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Barred Warblers, five Spotted Crakes, a Honey Buzzard, two American Golden Plovers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, four Leach's Petrels, six Pomarine Skuas, 26 Great Shearwaters, two Glossy Ibises and 77 Cattle Egrets.
-  Will Soar, RBA