Saturday 27th August 2016
	New discoveries included Arctic Warbler (Shetland), Spotted Sandpiper (Isles of Scilly), Tawny Pipit (East Sussex), Greenish Warbler (Dorset), four Semipalmated Sandpipers (Co Clare, Co Kerry [2] and Co Cork) and Wilson's Petrel (Co Cork). Lingering rarities comprised Royal Tern (Co Clare/Co Kerry), Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Essex), Black Duck (Highland), Baird's Sandpiper (Kent) and White-rumped Sandpiper (Northumberland). Scarcity sightings included White-winged Black Tern and Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire), Golden Oriole (Norfolk), Ring-necked Duck (Orkney), Common Rosefinch and Marsh Warbler (Shetland), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), Dotterel and Melodious Warbler (Isles of Scilly), two Icterine Warblers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, four Barred Warblers and ten Wrynecks.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA