Saturday 27th July 2019
	The autumn's first Aquatic Warbler was found during the evening on the Isle of May in Fife, while a Great Reed Warbler arrived on Unst in Shetland. Ongoing rarities included Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde and Ferruginous Duck in Sussex. Among the best of the rest were Rose-coloured Starling (Shetland), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), six Balearic Shearwaters, a moving Honey Buzzard (Lothian), Iceland Gull (Shetland) and three Temminck's Stints (two together in Kent, one in Co.Durham). An extraordinary movement of waders, mainly in the east and south-east, saw Wood Sandpipers and Curlew Sandpipers move through in force, with multiple double-figure flocks of both species. An equally remarkable overland movement of Common Scoters over northern England saw hundreds flying over several sites, including counts such as 300 over Brockholes in Lancashire, while 510 flew up the Humber at Sunk Island in East Yorkshire.
-  David Campbell, RBA