Tuesday 8th September 2020
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of five Blue-winged Teals together on the Western Isles on Barra. Associated with this arrival were more Nearctic waders with a Semipalmated Sandpiper new-in nearby on Lewis, Semipalmated Plover and Baird's Sandpiper still together on the Orkney Isles, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Donegal, two American Golden Plovers, five Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and a total of eight Pectoral Sandpipers. Otherwise, rarities included the Lammergeier still in Derbyshire, Greenish Warbler and two Citrine Wagtails on the Shetland Isles, and the Bonaparte's Gull still in Kent. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Shetland), Purple Heron (Somerset), Barred Warbler (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (South Yorkshire), Spotted Crake (Ayrshire), two of both Rose-coloured Starling and Glossy Ibis, three of Common Rosefinch and Sabine's Gull, seven Red-backed Shrikes, 10 Wrynecks, and 17 Lapland Buntings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA