Friday 23rd August 2019
	The highlight of the day was a Fea's/Desertas Petrel at sea off the Isles of Scilly whilst seabirds elsewhere included two Wilson's Petrels and a Great Shearwater at sea off County Cork, Cory's Shearwater at sea off North Yorkshire, and a Sabine's Gull in Norfolk. Other rarities comprised a Baird's Sandpiper new in County Wexford at Tacumshin, the Snowy Owl still on the Western Isles, Tawny Pipit in Cornwall, Blue-winged Teal still in Clyde, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk, and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Lancashire and Lincolnshire Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Icterine Warbler (Devon), Ortolan Bunting (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Essex), Wryneck (Buckinghamshire), Red-backed Shrike (Shetland Isles), Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Dotterel (Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper and Surf Scoter (Lothian) and two Barred Warblers (together on Shetland).
-  Chris Batty, RBA