Monday 2nd January 2017
	A Black-throated Thrush was discovered in Northumberland, whilst the Pine Bunting (Shropshire), Blue Rock Thrush (Gloucestershire), Dusky Thrush (Derbyshire), Ferruginous Duck (Norfolk), Hooded Merganser (Clyde), Eastern Black Redstarts (Cleveland and Cornwall), Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull and Desert Wheatear (Devon), Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire), Stejneger's Stonechat (Kent), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Lesser Scaup (Orkney), Killdeer (Shetland) and American Coot (Western Isles). The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (Staffordshire), two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Richard's Pipits and sixteen Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA