Friday 26th August 2016
	New discoveries included Baird's Sandpiper in Kent and Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Kerry, whilst the Royal Tern (Co Kerry/Co Clare), White-rumped Sandpiper (Northumberland), Lesser Yellowlegs (Essex), Hudsonian Whimbrel, Citrine Wagtail and Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall) and American White-winged Scoter (Aberdeenshire) all lingered. The best of the rest included Purple Heron (Oxfordshore), Marsh Warbler (Shetland), Serin (Norfolk), Temminck's Stint (Kent), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), Barred Warbler and Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Cattle Egret (Co Wexford), Hoopoe (Hampshire), two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Melodious Warblers, three Icterine Warblers, four Red-backed Shrikes and ten Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA