Saturday 26th August 2017
	New discoveries included Arctic Warbler on Shetland, Pacific Golden Plover on Orkney, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cornwall and Lesser Yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpiper on Cape Clear (Co Cork). Lingering rarities comprised Ferruginous Duck (Co Durham), Forster's Tern (Co Louth), Snowy Owl (Co Mayo), Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent) and Greenish Warbler (Orkney). The best of the rest included Grey-headed Wagtail (Ayrshire), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Co Wexford), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Woodchat Shrike (Glamorgan), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Common Rosefinch and Short-toed Lark (Shetland), Temminck's Stint (Northamptonshire), two each of Red-backed Shrike, Red-necked Phalarope, Hoopoe, Barred Warbler, Marsh Warbler and Dotterel, four Wrynecks and 16 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA