Friday 17th July 2009
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence in Norfolk of the showy Lesser Golden Plover at Cley that was, ultimately, identified as an American Golden Plover. Elsewhere, on the Orkney Isles both the Franklin's Gull and Great White Egret remained, as did the Great White Egret in Somerset. Seawatching highlights comprised a single Cory's Shearwater passing Suffolk and Balearic Shearwaters off Cornwall (22), Dorset (5), East Sussex (2), Hampshire (2), Pembrokeshire (2), Conwy and North Yorkshire. Notable waders included a Grey Phalarope in Aberdeenshire, Red-necked Phalarope on the Western Isles and single Pectoral Sandpipers in both Kent and North Yorkshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA