Saturday 14th September 2019
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of a very obliging Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Farlington Marshes, Hampshire, the first record for the county. Other new discoveries included Tawny Pipits at Nanquido and Porthgwarra, both Cornwall and a a Long-billed Dowitcher at Fairburn Ings RSPB, Yorkshire. Lingering rarities included the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Subalpine Warbler in County Donegal, Wilson's Phalarope in County Wexford, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Scilly and Pembrokeshire and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Hoopoe, a Bluethroat, a Barred Warbler, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Red-backed Shrikes, five Wrynecks, 26 Lapland Buntings, three Honey Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, four Grey Phalaropes, four Dotterels, five Pectoral Sandpipers, six American Golden Plovers, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Sabine's Gulls, four Great Shearwaters, a Long-tailed Skua, four Pomarine Skuas and six Leach's Petrels.
-  Will Soar, RBA