Tuesday 26th September 2017
	The highlight of the day was the arrival of an Eastern Stonechat species and a Blyth's Reed Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles, with an Arctic Warbler in County Durham at Whitburn and now two Lesser Yellowlegs on The Mullet, County Mayo. Rarities elsewhere included Stilt Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Greenish Warbler all still in Dorset, Arctic Warbler in Fife, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. On the Shetland Isles on Olive-backed Pipit was on Fair Isle with around the archipelago Bluethroat, Icterine Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Richard's Pipit, two Barred Warblers, five Red-breasted Flycatchers, six Lapland Buntings and nine Little Buntings. On the Isles of Scilly the three Bee-eaters remained alongside American Golden Plover, Dotterel, Lapland Bunting and two Wrynecks. Scarcities elsewhere included Little and Ortolan Bunting (Orkney Isles), American Golden Plover (Western Isles), Purple Heron and Dotterel (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (North Yorkshire), White-winged Black Tern and Long-tailed Skua (Northumberland), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), two each of Barred Warbler, Bluethroat and Red-necked Phalarope, three of Red-backed Shrike, Richard's Pipit, Wryneck, American Wigeon, Spotted Crake and Sabine's Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, five Red-breasted Flycatchers, eight Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 16 Lapland Buntings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA