Friday 29th September 2017
	A Rose-breasted Grosbeak was found on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, with an Isabelline Wheatear nearby on St Mary's. Other new discoveries included a Roller at Balnakeil, Highland, an Isabelline Shrike and a Rustic Bunting on Foula, Shetland, a Booted Warbler at Rhossili, Glamorgan, a Rustic Bunting on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, single Radde's Warblers at Bawdsey, Suffolk and Sandwick, Shetland, a Fea's /Desertas /Zino's Petrel at Carnsore Point, County Wexford, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Carrahane, County Kerry and a Red-breasted Goose at Kirkwall, Orkney. Lingering rarities included the Stilt Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, Semipalmated Plover in County Mayo, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and single Red-throated Pipits in Suffolk and Shetland.
-  Will Soar, RBA