Friday 1st September 2017
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of three juvenile Baird's Sandpipers - in Dorset on Brownsea Island, in County Kerry at Cahersiveen and in County Sligo at Long Rock - whilst a Lesser Yellowlegs was new in County Cork at Lissagriffin. Other Nearctic waders comprised the Long-billed Dowitcher still in Kent, White-rumped Sandpiper still in Lincolnshire, American Golden Plover and Buff-breasted Sandpiper together in County Londonderry and a total of 22 Pectoral Sandpipers. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Pacific Diver still in County Dublin, at least one Greenish Warbler in East Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and a White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles off Mousa. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Gloucestershire), Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Ortolan Bunting (Gwynedd), Golden Oriole (Cornwall), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Night Heron (Shropshire), Red-backed Shrike and Spotted Crake (Isles of Scilly), Dotterel and Leach's Petrel (East Yorkshire), two Melodious Warblers, three each of both Red-necked Phalarope and Lapland Bunting, five Wrynecks, eight Sabine's Gulls, 10 Glossy Ibises and 20 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA