Tuesday 19th September 2023
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Cliff Swallow in Kent at North Foreland with a Red-eyed Vireo on the Isles of Scilly on Bryher becoming the fourth Nearctic landbird to be discovered in Britain this autumn. On the Shetland Isles Lanceolated Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, and Arctic Warbler were on Fair Isle, Red-throated Pipit and Marsh Warbler together on Mainland at Quendale, Arctic Warbler and Red-breasted Flycatcher on Unst, Buff-breasted Sandpiper on Foula, American Golden Plover and Wryneck on Whalsay, two Bluethroats, three Little Buntings, seven of both Common Rosefinch and Yellow-browed Warbler, and a total of 10 Barred Warblers. Rarities elsewhere comprised Brown Boobies still in both Cleveland and Lothian, Black-headed Bunting still in County Waterford, Fea's Petrel species in County Cork passing Cape Clear and Galley Head, Baird's Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Western Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Northumberland at Eglingham Moor, Pallid Harrier still in Essex, Blyth's Reed Warbler on the Orkney Isles, Blue-winged Teal in East Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Cork and Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork and Co.Donegal, King Eider in Lothian, and Bonaparte's Gull in County Down.
-  Chris Batty, RBA