Thursday 5th January 2017
	Lingering rarities comprised Blue Rock Thrush (Gloucestershire), Dusky Thrush (Derbyshire), Hooded Merganser (Clyde), Ferruginous Ducks (Norfolk and Co Durham), Pacific Divers (Cornwall and Co Galway), Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall), Lesser Scaups (Orkney and Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gull and Desert Wheatear (Devon), Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire), Stejneger's Stonechat (Kent), Black Scoter (Northumberland), Northern Harrier and White-billed Diver (Orkney) and Killdeer (Shetland). The best of the rest included Temminck's Stint (Staffordshire), Little Bunting (Cornwall), two Rose-coloured Starlings and two Richard's Pipits.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA