Saturday 19th August 2017
	Rarity highlights included American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire and Black-winged Stilts in Kent (6) and Essex. In Ireland the Laughing Gull (Co Sligo) and Forster's Tern (Co Louth) were both logged, whilst Wilson's Petrels were logged from a Co Cork pelagic (5) and Co Clare (4). Wilson's Petrels were also seen from an Isles of Scilly pelagic (2) and off Porthgwarra (Cornwall). The best of the rest included Woodchat Shrike and two Barred Warblers (Shetland), Hoopoe (Devon), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Co Wexford), Spotted Crake (Worcestershire), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Night Heron (Cleveland), American Night Heron (Shropshire) and four Pectoral Sandpipers (Co Wexford, Isles of Scilly, Leicestershire and Western Isles).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA