Monday 19th September 2016
	In Devon a Lesser Grey Shrike was discovered near Plymouth. Elsewhere the Franklin's Gull (Northumberland) and Western Purple Swamphen (Lincolnshire) lingered, whilst rare and scarce shorebirds comprised Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), White-rumped Sandpiper (Hampshire), two Baird's Sandpipers, two Buff-breasted Sandpiper, three Semipalmated Sandpipers and four Lesser Yellowlegs. The best of the rest included Ortolan Bunting and Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Melodious Warbler (Co Donegal), Woodchat Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Icterine Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Bluethroat (Shetland), two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Little Buntings, four Common Rosefinches and five Barred Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA