Sunday 17th September 2023
	The highlight of the day was the joint discovery of a Paddyfield Warbler and a Black-headed Bunting together in County Waterford at Brownstown Head. Other rare and scarce birds from the east included a Booted Warbler on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, Red-flanked Bluetails in East Yorkshire at Easington and on the Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, Pallid Harriers in Essex and Highland, Rose-coloured Starling in Devon, Bluethroat and two each of both Blyth's Reed Warbler and Arctic Warbler on Shetland, five Common Rosefinches, six Red-breasted Flycatchers, 11 Wrynecks, 17 Barred Warblers, and a total of 22 Yellow-browed Warblers. Rarities elsewhere included the Tennessee Warbler still on the Western Isles, Brown Boobies still in both Cleveland and Lothian, a Caspian Tern briefly in Northumberland on Holy Island, and a Ferruginous Duck still in Norfolk at Cantley. Notable waders comprised Long-billed Dowitchers in County Cork and Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork, County Donegal, Gwent, and Norfolk, three American Golden Plovers, four Dotterel, six Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and 11 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA