Thursday 5th September 2019
	Rarities today comprised a Brown Booby still in Cornwall on The Lizard, the unidentified Eastern Black-eared or Pied Wheatear in Lancashire, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Gwynedd, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Semipalmated Sandpipers in both Gwent and County Wexford, White-rumped Sandpipers in East Yorkshire and the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Black-winged Stilt in Nottinghamshire. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Hoopoe (Cornwall), Woodchat Shrike and Icterine Warbler (County Cork), Dotterel (East Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), two Common Rosefinches, six each of both Wryneck and Pectoral Sandpiper, seven Sabine's Gulls, and eight of both Long-tailed Skua and Lapland Bunting.
-  Chris Batty, RBA