Thursday 24th August 2023
	New discoveries today included an Arctic Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, single Greenish Warblers on Fair Isle, Shetland, at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, a Citrine Wagtail at Nanjizal, Cornwall, single Lesser Yellowlegs at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire and Neyland, Pembrokshire and a second Blue-winged Teal joined the lingering bird at Tophill Low, Yorkshire. Other lingering rarities still present included the Red-footed Booby and a Wilson's Petrel in Scilly, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Stejneger's Scoter and King Eider in Lothian, Booted Warbler in Orkney, single Greenish Warblers in Northumberland and Shetland, Black-headed Wagtail in County Derry, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Norfolk and Orkney, Pacific Golden Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, Black-winged Stilts in Lincolnshire (five) and Yokshire and single Bonaparte's Gulls in County Down and Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Short-toed Lark, a Melodious Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, a Hoopoe, two Barred Warblers, three Icterine Warblers, five Wrynecks, six Red-backed Shrikes, three Honey Buzzards, a Night Heron, two Purple Herons, three Glossy Ibises, a Dotterel, a Pectroal Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, three American Golden Plovers, a Ring-necked Duck, two White-winged Black Terns, a Sabine's Gull, a Leach's Petrel, a Long-tailed Skua, five Pomarine Skuas, five Great Shearwaters, 14 Balearic Shearwaters and at least 591 Cory's Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA