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Sunday 25th August 2019  
  Three Tawny Pipit sightings came from Hartland Moor (Dorset), Orcombe Point (Devon) and Cuckmere (East Sussex) and a Wilson's Petrel was logged from the Mallaig to Lochboisdale ferry in Western Isles waters.

The Blue-winged Teal (Clyde), Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers (Lancashire and Lincolnshire) and Baird's Sandpiper (Co Wexford) all lingered.

Scarcity highlights included Woodchat Shrike (Co Cork), Melodious Warbler (Orkney), Ortolan Bunting (Surrey), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lothian), Marsh Warbler (East Yorkshire), Corncrake (Shetland), American Golden Plover (Cornwall), Grey-headed Wagtail (Orkney), Red-backed Shrike (Shetland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-billed Gull (Co Sligo), two Icterine Warblers, Rose-coloured Starlings, and Montagu's Harriers, six Dotterels, six Barred Warblers, seven Honey Buzzards and 11 Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA