Saturday 20th September 2025
	95+ Band-rumped Petrels recently at sea over the Continental Shelf in Scilly and a Swainson's Thrush at Cuithir on Barra in Western Isles were the standout birds. Also noted were a Scopoli's Shearwater recently at sea over the Continental Shelf in Scilly, Baird's Sandpipers at Otter Estuary NR in Devon and Ring Strand in Co.Cork, Red-rumped Swallows at Pilmore in Co.Cork and The Naze in Essex, a Kentish Plover at Seasalter in Kent, a Wilson's Phalarope at Cashen Estuary in Co.Kerry, and a Greenish Warbler north of Horden in Co.Durham. Continuing rarities included an Arctic Warbler on St.Kilda in Western Isles, a Baird's Sandpiper on St.Kilda in Western Isles, a Brown Shrike on Papa Westray in Orkney, a Greenish Warbler at Kilnsea in East Yorkshire, a Hornemann's Redpoll at North Roe on Mainland in Shetland, an Isabelline Wheatear at Eoropie on Lewis in Western Isles, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Etton Maxey Pits in Cambridgeshire, Long-billed Dowitchers on Sanday in Orkney and at Tacumshin in Co.Wexford, a Marsh Sandpiper at Musselburgh Lagoons in Lothian, a Spotted Sandpiper at Porth Hellick Pool on St.Mary's in Scilly, a Western Bonelli's Warbler on Lundy in Devon, a Western Bonelli's Warbler on St.Martin's in Scilly, and a Western Sandpiper at Maidens in Ayrshire.
-  Ben Clark, RBA