Wednesday 30th August 2017
	Highlight of the day was a Yelkouan Shearwater which lingered off Porthgwarra, Cornwall early morning. Other new discoveries included a Bonelli's Warbler sp on Skomer, Pembrokeshire, a second Greenish Warbler at Bempton, Yorkshire and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Tetney, Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities included the Pacific Diver in County Dublin and the Long-billed Dowitcher and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, a Wryneck, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, an American Wigeon, a Purple Heron, an American Golden Plover, a Dotterel, a Temminck's Stint, three Red-necked Phalaropes, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and 14 Pectoral Sandpipers. Seawatching produced seven Great Shearwaters, seven Cory's Shearwaters, 11 Leach's Petrels, 19 Sabine's Gulls, seven Long-tailed Skuas, 22 Pomarine Skuas and a Grey Phalarope.
-  Will Soar, RBA