Monday 16th January 2017
	The highlight of the day was the Black-throated Thrush still as Adwick Washland, South Yorkshire. Elsewhere lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Killdeer on the Shetland Isles, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk. Scarcities included Serin (East Sussex), two Rose-coloured Starlings, three each of American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Shorelark and Yellow-browed Warbler, four Ring-necked Ducks, six Ring-billed Gulls and 29 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA