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Saturday 9th September 2017  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the American Redstart on Barra, Western Isles.

New discoveries today included a Wilson's Phalarope at Alston Wetland, Lancashire, a Long-billed Dowitcher at Kilnsea, Yorkshire, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Cloghane, County Kerry, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Clogheen, County Cork, a Citrine Wagtail at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, an Arctic Warbler at Quendale, Shetland and a Greenish Warbler at Flamborough, Yorkshire.

Other lingering rarities included the Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus, single Semipalmated Sandpipers in Isles of Scilly, County Wexford and County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, Hudsonian Whimbrel in County Sligo,  single Baird's Sandpipers in Cornwall and Dorset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire and Arctic Warbler in Shetland.
-  Will Soar, RBA