Wednesday 7th August 2024
	The highlight of the day was, incredibly, the first Nearctic landbird of the autumn: a Cliff Swallow on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's where it showed alongside the lingering Spotted Sandpiper. Discoveries elsewhere included a Fea's Petrel species in County Clare passing Bridges of Ross, a Baird's Sandpiper in Lothian at Thorntonloch, a White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire briefly at Anderby Creek, and in Kent a Black Kite flew over Worth Marsh. Otherwise rarities confirmed as still present were the elusive Cape Gull in Cambridgeshire at Grafham Water, Red-necked Stint in County Cork, Stejneger's Scoter in Lothian, Semipalmated Sandpiper in West Sussex, both Blue-winged Teal and White-rumped Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, Alpine Swift in Western Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, and three White-rumped Sandpipers together in Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA