Friday 27th September 2019
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of an Isabelline Wheatear on Mull (Argyll). Elsewhere new rarities comprised Alpine Swifts (Shetland and Co Durham), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Co Wexford), Red-rumped Swallow (East Yorkshire), Red-footed Falcon (Kent) and Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler and Red-throated Pipit (Shetland). Lingering rarities included Blue Rock Thrush (Isles of Scilly), Long-billed Dowitchers (Devon, Gloucestershire and West Yorkshire), Subalpine Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler (Western Isles), Red-flanked Bluetail (Shetland), Black-winged Stilt (Berkshire) and probable Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Anglesey). The best of the rest included Melodious Warbler (Shetland), Red-necked Phalarope (Merseyside), Dotterel (Pembrokeshire), Ortolan Bunting (Isles of Scilly), Bluethroat (Hampshire), Short-toed Lark (Shetland), Corncrake (Shetland), two Snow Geese (Western Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Perth & Kinross) and Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), two American Golden Plovers, Spotted Crakes and Red-backed Shrikes, three Barred Warblers, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers and Pectoral Sandpipers, six Wrynecks, nine Little Buntings and 12 Red-breasted Flycatchers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA