Tuesday 29th August 2017
	A Greenish Warbler was at Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Yorkshire, a Spotted Sandpiper was at Kilshannig, County Kerry and a Wilson's Petrel flew past Melmore Point, County Donegal. Lingering rarities included the Long-billed Dowitcher and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and two Wilson's Petrels from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included an Icterine Warbler, a Woodchat Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Purple Heron, a Night Heron, an American Wigeon, a Temminck's Stint, two Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, two Dotterel, two Red-necked Phalaropes, two Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 16 Pectoral Sandpipers, three Common Rosefinches, five Wrynecks, seven Honey Buzzards, a Cory's Shearwater, seven Great Shearwaters, two Grey Phalaropes, 11 Sabine's Gulls, 12 Pomarine Skuas and 16 Leach's Petrels.
-  Will Soar, RBA