Friday 21st September 2018
	New discoveries included a Laughing Gull (Isles of Scilly), subalpine warbler species (Co Cork), two Baird's Sandpipers (Co Wexford), Citrine Wagtail (Shetland) and a Fea's Petrel off Pendeen Watch (Cornwall). The Pallid Harriers (Hertfordshire and Norfolk), Long-billed Dowitcher (Lincolnshire), Citrine Wagtail (Isles of Scilly) and White-throated Sparrow (Shetland) all lingered. The best of the rest included Woodchat Shrike (Lothian), Wryneck (Surrey), Hoopoe (Highland), Little Bunting and Icterine Warbler (Shetland), American Golden Plover (Co Wexford), two Red-backed Shrikes, Barred Warblers and Ring-necked Ducks, three Spotted Crakes and Rose-coloured Starlings, six Common Rosefinches and Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 13 Pectoral Sandpipers and a widespread arrival of Grey Phalaropes at inshore and inland waters.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA