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Monday 12th September 2016  
  Headline rarities included the Western Purple Swamphen in Lincolnshire and Pallid Harrier in Derbyshire, whilst a Tawny Pipit flew over Titchwell RSPB (Norfolk) and the Dalmatian Pelican remained in Cornwall.

Rare waders comprised Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), two Semipalmated Sandpipers, two Lesser Yellowlegs and three Baird's Sandpipers.

The best of the rest included Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), Common Rosefinch (Argyll), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Spotted Crake (Isles of Scilly), two White-winged Black Terns, two Purple Herons, three Icterine Warblers and three Buff-breasted Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA