Thursday 29th August 2019
	In Cornwall the Brown Booby reappeared off Gwithian early morning, where it was present on and off for a short while. New discoveries today included a Black-winged Stilt at Chirnside, Borders, a Citrine Wagtail at Balta Isle and two Two-barred Crossbills at Quendale, both Shetland, a Snowy Owl on Eday, Orkney and single White-rumped Sandpipers at Kilnsea, Yorkshire and Saltholme, Cleveland. Lingering rarities included the Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, whilst two Wilson's Petrels were seen from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included an Ortoland Bunting, a Lapland Bunting, a Melodious Warbler, an Icterine Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, three Common Rosefinches, 12 Wrynecks, a Spotted Crake, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, a Temminck's Stint, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Honey Buzzards, two Sabine's Gulls, two Leach's Petrels, two Grey Phalaropes, a Cory's Shearwater, a Long-tailed Skua, 12 Pomarine Skuas and an Iceland Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA