Tuesday 17th September 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Little Crake in East Yorkshire at Blacktoft Sands where it showed throughout the rest of the day. Rarities elsewhere included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler still in Hampshire, a Citrine Wagtail new in County Galway on Inishbofin, Blue-winged Teal still in County Wexford and Black-winged Stilt in Berkshire. Nearctic waders comprised Long-billed Dowitchers in Dorset, County Louth and West Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in both Pembrokeshire and the Isles of Scilly, Semipalmated Sandpipers in County Kerry, County Wexford and Western Isles, two White-rumped Sandpipers, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, six Pectoral Sandpipers and 10 American Golden Plovers. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler and Common Rosefinch (County Galway), Barred Warbler (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Glamorgan), Red-necked Phalarope (West Sussex), Ring-necked Duck (Perth and Kinross), Montagu's Harrier (East Sussex), two each of Red-backed Shrike, Rose-coloured Starling and Dotterel, four Spotted Crakes, five Sabine's Gulls, eight Wrynecks, 15 Long-tailed Skuas and a total of 81 Lapland Buntings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA