Wednesday 4th September 2019
	Rarities today were headlined by the continuing Brown Booby in Cornwall on The Lizard whilst the unidentified Eastern Black-eared or Pied Wheatear remained in Lancashire, as did the Western Bonelli's Warbler in Gwynedd, Greenish Warbler in Cleveland, Baird's and Semipalmated Sandpipers in County Wexford, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gwent, Two-barred Crossbill and Citrine Wagtail on the Shetland Isles, White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Nottinghamshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Seawatching produced single Wilson's Petrels passing both Cornwall and County Clare and totals of 21 Long-tailed Skuas and 43 Sabine's Gulls. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Hoopoe (Cornwall), Woodchat Shrike (County Cork), Rose-coloured Starling (Western Isles), Barred Warbler (Shetland Isles), Pectoral Sandpiper (Argyll), Dotterel (East Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), four Lapland Buntings and a total of seven Wrynecks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA