Wednesday 4th September 2024
	In Shetland an Arctic Warbler was found on Whalsay and a Blyth's Reed Warbler was found on Unst. A Scopoli's Shearwater flew past Kilcummin Head in County Mayo, a Pallid Harrier flew over Scaling Dam Reservoir in North Yorkshire and a Black Kite flew over South Foreland in Kent. In Norfolk there were two Red-rumped Swalllows briefly near Holt this morning and in Cambridgeshire a female Ferruginous Duck was found at Ouse Fen. The Hudsonian Godwit was seen again on the Dee Estuary in Flintshire and the Canvasback was still frequenting Abberton Reservoir in Essex. Other lingering rarities included Greenish Warblers in Shetland, Lothian, East Yorkshire and County Durham, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cornwall, Baird's Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Down, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, Lesser Scaup in Staffordshire and Ferruginous Duck in Cambridgeshire.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA