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Friday 13th September 2019  
  New discoveries today included a Subalpine Warbler on Tory Island, County Donegal, a Red-footed Falcon at Landguard, Suffolk and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor, Dorset, with another present on Tresco, Isles of Scilly for its fourth day.

Lingering rarities included the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Western Bonelli's Warbler and Subalpine Warbler in Western Isles, Wilson's Phalarope and Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.

Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Bluethroat, a Wryneck, a Common Rosefinch, a Woodchat Shrike, four Red-backed Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, 19 Lapland Buntings, two Spotted Crakes, a Montagu's Harrier, two Honey Buzzards, a Snow Goose, a Red-necked Phalarope, four American Golden Plovers, four Pectoral Sandpipers, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, five Sabine's Gulls, five Leach's Petrels, a Long-tailed Skua and five Pomarine Skuas.
-  Will Soar, RBA