Friday 11th September 2020
	Portland delivered a Western Bonelli's Warbler in a garden at Southwell; fortunately it was a vocal individual, making ruling out Eastern was straightforward. Neighbouring Hampshire had an Aquatic Warbler at Hook Links which proved just about twitchable. News emerged of an adult Franklin's Gull seen during the day in West Yorkshire at Thornton before it was tracked down to a rooftop in Bradford at Girlington in the evening. A juvenile Red-footed Falcon flew through the valley at Ditchling Beacon in Sussex. A juvenile Baird's Sandpiper was found practically alongside the continuing Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Hayle Estuary in Cornwall, while the Baird's on North Ronaldsay remained and the Semipalmated Sandpiper on Lewis, Western Isles, returned to Loch Ordais. Other rarities still showing were the Pallid Harrier in Sussex, Spotted Sandpiper on Scilly, two juvenile Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and the Lammergeier in Derbyshire. The pick of the rest of the day's news included Icterine Warbler (Cornwall), two Barred Warblers, 17 Lapland Buntings, five Wrynecks, Red-backed Shrike (lingering adult male in West Midlands), four Sabine's Gulls, seven Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 11 Pectoral Sandpipers, two Temminck's Stints, two Dotterel, four Long-tailed Skuas, 10 Pomarine Skuas, Great Shearwater (Cornwall) and five Glossy Ibises. Small numbers of Fieldfares and Redwings arrived.
-  David Campbell, RBA