Saturday 22nd September 2018
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Yellow-breasted Bunting on Whalsay, Shetland, which spent from late morning in ditches at Vatshoull. The only other new rarities discovered today were two White-rumped Sandpipers in County Derry, at Myroe Levels and Barmouth. Lingering rarities included the White-throated Sparrow and Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, single Pallid Harriers in Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Cheshire, Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Citrine Wagtail in Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Ferruginous Duck in Essex. An inland influx of Grey Phalaropes produced 39 in 21 counties, with a further 28 seen at coastal locations. Other scarities included a Richard's Pipit, a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, two Wrynecks, three Lapland Buntings, six Common Rosefinches, four Spotted Crakes, two Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, 13 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 13 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Ring-necked Duck, a White-winged Black Tern, 11 Roseate Terns, a Ring-billed Gull, an Iceland Gull, two Long-tailed Skuas, ten Pomarine Skuas, six Sabine's Gulls, 19 Leach's Petrels, two Cory's Shearwaters and 120 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA