Thursday 17th September 2015
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Hudsonian Godwit on Inishmore (Co Galway), whilst new discoveries included Citrine Wagtail (Shetland), Western Bonelli's Warbler (Co Cork) and Bonaparte's Gull (Devon). The Red-footed Falcon in Fife, Western Bonelli's Warbler and Pallid Harrier on Shetland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Forster's Tern in Co Dublin all lingered. The best of the rest included Woodchat Shrike (North Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Essex), Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Gloucestershire), American Wigeon (Co Wexford), Cattle Egret (Kent), two American Golden Plovers, two Buff-breasted Sandpipers, two Common Rosefinches, two Red-necked Phalaropes, three Dotterel, three Pectoral Sandpipers, three Lapland Buntings, five Red-backed Shrikes, eight Barred Warblers, 15 Wrynecks and at least 40 Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA