Saturday 30th September 2017
	The first British Upland Sandpiper since 2011 was discovered on Fetlar, Shetland, at Houbie. Other new discoveries on the archipelago included a second Isabelline Shrike on Foula, Eastern Black Redstart at Walls, Mainland, single Rustic Buntings at Melby, Cunningsburgh and Walls, all Mainland, single Olive-backed Pipits at Bousta, Quendale and Walls, all Mainland and two on Fair Isle, and a Red-throated Pipit at Skaw, Unst. Other new discoveries included a Red-eyed Vireo on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, single Olive-backed Pipits at Spurn, Yorkshire and on Sanday, Orkney and a Red-throated Pipit on Fair Isle, Shetland. Lingering rarities included the Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the Isles of Scilly, Scops Owl in County Durham, Roller in Highland, Booted Warbler in Glamorgan, Red-throated Pipit and Radde's Warbler in Suffolk, Semipalmated Plover in County Mayo, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, single Spotted Sandpipers in Cornwall and Dorset, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Lincolnshire and Kent, Pallid Harrier in Cheshire and Red-breasted Goose in Orkney.
-  Will Soar, RBA