Thursday 24th August 2017
	Rarity highlights included Caspian Tern in Norfolk, Greenish Warblers in Cornwall and Orkney, Spotted Sandpiper in Co Dublin, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent and Wilson's Petrel off an Isles of Scilly pelagic. Scarcities came in the form of Common Rosefinch (Fair Isle), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Buff-breasted Sandpiper and American Golden Plover (Co Wexford), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (East Sussex), Ortolan Bunting (Cornwall), Night Heron (Buckinghamshire), Grey-headed Wagtail (Norfolk), two each of Melodious Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Dotterel, Temminck's Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Wryneck and Montagu's Harrier, five Barred Warblers and 11 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA