Saturday 20th August 2016
	New discoveries included Little Bittern (Bedfordshire), Lesser Yellowlegs (Staffordshire) and Bonaparte's Gull (Devon). Five Greenish Warblers were recorded, whilst American White-winged Scoter and White-rumped Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), Solitary Sandpiper (Co Clare), Semipalmated Sandpipers (Co Kerry and Western Isles), Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Wexford), Bonaparte's Gull (Kent) and Spotted Sandpiper (Lothian) all lingered. Seabird highlights included a Fea's or Zino's Petrel off Co Clare and eight Wilson's Petrels (four off Co Clare and four off Isles of Scilly), whilst scarcities included Common Rosefinch (Shetland), Red-necked Phalarope (Co Wexford), Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), four Barred Warblers, four Cattle Egrets, five Red-backed Shrikes, seven Icterine Warblers and eight Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA