Sunday 15th September 2019
	New discoveries today included an Aquatic Warbler at Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, a Hooded Merganser at King George V Reservoir, London, a Long-billed Dowitcher at West Gerenish, Western Isles, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Lauragh, Co.Kerry. Lingering rarities included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Hampshire, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire, Isabelline Wheatear in Gwynedd, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in Yorkshire and Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs' in Pembrokeshire and Scilly and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Night Heron, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Red-backed Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, eight Wrynecks, 15 Lapland Buntings, a Temminck's Stint, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Buff-breasted Sandpipers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, five Grey Phalaropes, six American Golden Plovers, two Spotted Crakes, a Montagu's Harrier, a Glossy Ibis, an Iceland Gull, a Surf Scoter, a Great Shearwater, four Long-tailed Skuas, ten Pomarine Skuas, seven Sabine's Gulls, 20 Leach's Petrels and 11 Taiga Bean Geese.
-  Will Soar, RBA