Sunday 27th August 2017
	New discoveries included a Pacific Diver (Co Dublin), King Eider (Gwynedd) and Red-footed Falcons (London and Wiltshire), whilst lingering rarities comprised White-rumped Sandpiper (Co Cork), Long-billed Dowitcher (Kent) and Black Duck (Highland). Wilson's Petrels were logged off Co Clare (2) and Isles of Scilly (2), whilst the best of the rest included Melodious Warbler and Barred Warbler (Cornwall), Common Rosefinch (Shetland), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Leicestershire), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Spotted Crake (Kent), Woodchat Shrike (Glamorgan), White-winged Black Tern (Pembrokeshire), two each of Red-backed Shrike, Dotterel, Red-necked Phalarope and Wryneck, three Night Herons, three Glossy Ibises and at least 10 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA