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Monday 15th August 2016  
  A Solitary Sandpiper was discovered at Cloghaun Lough, County Clare, where a Least Sandpiper was also present for its second day. Other Nearctic waders discovered today included a Spotted Sandpiper at Dunbar, Lothian and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Ring Marsh, County Wexford.

A Ferruginous Duck was at the Cotswold Water Park, Wiltshire and a Black Kite was near Waterville, County Kerry.

Lingering rarities included the Swinhoe's Petrel on Fair Isle, Shetland, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, White-rumped Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.
-  Will Soar, RBA