Friday 25th August 2017
	A Blyth's Reed Warbler was a new discovery on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and the Greenish Warbler was also still present on the island. A Melodious Warbler was nearby on Papa Westray, whilst Shetland produced Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, two Wrynecks, two Barred Warblers and a Common Rosefinch all on Fair Isle, and other single Red-backed Shrikes at Skaw, Unst and Grutness, Mainland. Lingering rarities included the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Caspian Tern in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher, two Black-winged Stilts and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, Greenish Warbler in Cornwall and Wilson's Petrels in County Kerry (four) and Scilly. Other scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Bluethroat, a Sabine's Gull, a White-winged Black Tern, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Purple Heron, a Spotted Crake, a Surf Scoter, two Dotterels, two Red-necked Phalaropes, two Temminck's Stints, two Melodious Warblers, two Hoopoes, three Red-backed Shrikes, three Wrynecks, seven Pectoral Sandpipers and nine Glossy Ibises. Seawatching and pelagic trips produced ten Sabine's Gulls, nine Pomarine Skuas, eight Cory's Shearwaters, seven Great Shearwaters and a Leach's Petrel.
-  Will Soar, RBA