Friday 22nd September 2017
	New discoveries included a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler on Fair Isle (Shetland) and a Pallid Harrier over Apsley (Hertfordshire), whilst the Yellow-breasted Bunting (Shetland), Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Norfolk), Bonaparte's Gull (Western Isles), Long-billed Dowitchers (Co Kerry and Lincolnshire), Black Duck (Highland), Spotted Sandpipers (Dorset and Cornwall), Baird's Sandpiper (Dorset), White-rumped Sandpiper (Co Kerry), King Eider (Ceredigion), Western Bonelli's Warbler (Borders) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Angus) all lingered. The best of the rest included Serin (Norfolk), Marsh Warbler, Bluethroat and Little Bunting (Shetland), two each of Purple Heron and American Golden Plover, four each of Pectoral Sandpiper and Spotted Crake and five each of Common Rosefinch, Barred Warbler and Buff-breasted Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA