Wednesday 6th September 2017
	New discoveries included a Long-billed Dowitcher (Orkney) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (Co Kerry). Baird's Sandpipers lingered in Co Sligo, Co Wexford, Cornwall and East Sussex, a White-rumped Sandpiper remained in Lincolnshire and the long-staying Bonaparte's Gull was still in Kent. The best of the rest included Icterine Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Red-backed Shrike (Kent), Woodchat Shrike (Gloucestershire), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Hoopoe (Lothian), Dotterel (Suffolk), two each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 11 Lapland Buntings, 12 Wrynecks and 19 Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA