Friday 20th October 2017
	A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was found on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly today, but appeared unwell and was presumably moribund. Other new discoveries included a new Grey-cheeked Thrush in County Cork at Rosscarbery, a Radde's Warbler on Skomer, Pembrokeshire, a Dusky Warbler at Bamburgh, Northumberland, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Kilnsea, Yorkshire and two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls at Melby, Shetland. Lingering rarities included the Rock Thrush in Gwent, the other Grey-cheeked Thrush and a Rustic Bunting in County Cork, Steppe Grey Shrike in Shetland, White-winged Scoter in Shetland, Bee-eater in Northumberland, Wilson's Phalarope and Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, two Long-billed Dowitchers in Merseyside, Stilt Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, Pacific Golden Plover in County Wexford, two Red-breasted Geese in Aberdeenshire and Ferruginous Duck in Forth.
-  Will Soar, RBA