Saturday 2nd September 2017
	New discoveries today included flyby Fea's/Desertas Petrels at Porthgwarra and Lizard, both Cornwall and past North Ronaldsay, Orkney, a Citrine Wagtail over Hilbre, Wirral and an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull at Rosscarbery, County Cork. Lingering rarities included the Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford, Baird's Sandpipers in County Wexford (two), Dorset and County Sligo, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent and County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Black Duck in Highland. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Purple Heron, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, a Spotted Crake, an American Golden Plover, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Grey Phalarope, a Long-tailed Skua, two Ortolan Buntings, two Common Rosefinches, two Lapland Buntings, three Hoopoes, three Red-necked Phalaropes, three Glossy Ibises, four Melodious Warblers, four Pomarine Skuas, six Wrynecks, six Sabine's Gulls, and 22 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Will Soar, RBA