Wednesday 12th September 2018
	Rarity highlights comprised American Black Tern present for its third day in Co Derry, Red-footed Falcon and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harrier on Shetland, Baird's Sandpiper on Isles of Scilly, Ferruginous Duck in Perth & Kinross, Greenish Warbler on Orkney and American White-winged Scoter in Lothian. The best of the rest included Woodchat Shrike and Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Hoopoe (Highland), Dotterel (Hampshire), three Red-backed Shrikes, Common Rosefinches and Lapland Buntings, four American Golden Plovers and Spotted Crakes, five Barred Warblers, seven Wrynecks, eight Pectoral Sandpipers and at least eight Buff-breasted Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA