Monday 11th September 2017
	The highlight of the day was a remarkable double of Stilt Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper together in Dorset at Lodmoor. Canadian waders elsewhere comprised single Semipalmated Sandpipers in both the Isles of Scilly and Western Isles, Baird's Sandpiper in Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in East Yorkshire, single Lesser Yellowlegs in both Angus and County Kerry, six Buff-breasted Sandpipers and seven Pectoral Sandpipers. Meanwhile, on the Shetland Isles a Lanceolated Warbler was discovered at Quendale, Mainland, and a Great Snipe arrived on Fair Isle, with others notables around the archipelago being Little Bunting and Ortolan Bunting, Wryneck, Icterine and Yellow-browed Warbler, and two Common Rosefinches. Other lingering rarities comprised the American Redstart on the Western Isles, Arctic Warbler on the Orkney Isles and Citrine Wagtail in Suffolk. Strong westerly winds brought excellent seawatching to west coast locations with multiple Leach's Petrels, Sabine's Gulls, Grey Phalaropes, Long-tailed and Pomarine Skuas, and a Wilson's Petrel passing Cornwall.
-  Chris Batty, RBA