Wednesday 19th July 2017
	The highlight of the day was the relocation of the long-staying Forster's Tern in Ireland to Dundalk, County Louth, where it has returned to moult most summers since 2006. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Caspian Tern still in West Yorkshire, Marsh Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, King Eider in Ceredigion and five Bee-eaters still in Nottinghamshire. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Western Isles), Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), American Wigeon (North Yorkshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Temminck's Stint (Gloucestershire), Cory's Shearwater (County Clare), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk) two Pectoral Sandpipers and four Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA