aving been long awaited as an addition to the British and Irish list, two single Crag Martins Ptyonoprogne rupestris occurred within 17 days of each other in mid summer 1988. T h e first account is by PH: On the afternoon of 22nd J u n e 1988, I had driven to the Golden Lion causeway at the northwestern end of Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall, to check for waders. As the water level was too high, I decided to stay in the car and eat my lunch. I was aware of a group of 10-15 House Martins Delichon urbica feeding in the area, a n d a particularly loud burst of twittering from the group caused me to glance casually upwards. I wasastonished to see a large, chunky, all-brown martin, with what appeared to be two huge white spots in its tail, gliding about 1 m above the car, in amongst the H o u s e Martins. T h e bird was momentarily lost from sight whilst I tried frantically to grab my binoculars a n d get out of the car at the same time. T h e House Martins h a d by now moved to the southern shore of t h e pool, to the west of the causeway. T h o u g h mostly silhouetted against the bright sunlight, the bird was easily relocated amongst the other martins by its size, shape a n d distinctive flight. Convinced that it was a C r a