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Saturday 30th September 2023  
  A Yellow Warbler was found on Tiree, Argyll this morning, two Bobolinks were together on St Mary's, Scilly and a Red-eyed Vireo was at Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Yorkshire. Lingering Nearctic passerines included the Cape May Warbler in County Mayo, Black-and-white Warbler in Gwynedd, Veery in Shetland and Red-eyed Vireos in Western Isles, Argyll, Isle of Man and Scilly.

Other new discoveries included a Red-breasted Goose at Nairn in Highland and a White-billed Diver at Cley in Norfolk, whilst other lingerers included the Turkestan Shrike, Lanceolated Warbler, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, Lesser Grey Shrike in Cornwall, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Cork, single Northern Harriers in Cornwall and County Mayo, Brown Booby in Borders, Wilson's Phalarope in Norfolk, Baird's Sandpiper in Argyll, Baird's Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Western Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in County Dublin, Long-billed Dowitchers in County Cork, County Wicklow, Orkney and Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper and Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harriers in Shetland and Essex, Forster's Tern in Dorset, two Blue-winged Teals in Yorkshire, King Eider in Lothian, Red-breasted Goose in Northumberland and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Mayo.
Will Soar, RBA