Saturday 10th September 2022
	New rarities discovered today included an early Red-flanked Bluetail in Fife at Kilminning, a Pallid Harrier in Staffordshire at Branston, Baird's Sandpiper in County Wexford at The Cull, Greenish Warbler in County Donegal on Tory Island, a Subalpine Warbler species in Lothian at Barns Ness, a Black Kite briefly in East Sussex, Bee-eater briefly in Dorset, and in East Yorkshire now two Citrine Wagtails together at Kilnsea. On the Shetland Isles there are now three Great Snipes together on Fair Isle, an Arctic Warbler on Unst, on Mainland three Arctic Warblers, a Western Bonelli's Warbler, a Bonelli's Warbler species, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Little Bunting, and Pectoral Sandpiper, whilst around island totals were three each of both Common Rosefinch and Red-backed Shrike, four Barred Warblers, five Wrynecks, and eight Yellow-browed Warblers. Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised the Roller still in Devon, Red-footed Falcon in Lancashire, Citrine Wagtail in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Louth, White-spotted Bluethroat in Gloucestershire, and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.
-  Chris Batty, RBA