Saturday 21st January 2017
	A juvenile White-billed Diver was seen on the River Witham at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire today, for its second day. Coincidentally, it is under four miles from the location of the last Lincolnshire record, which was on the same river at Tattershall for three days in 1996. Further north a Pallid Harrier was at Sandwick, Orkney and a Gyr was on North Uist, Western Isles. Lingering rarities still present today included the Pine Bunting at Dunnington, Yorkshire, single Pacific Divers at East Chevington/Druridge Bay, Northumberland and Penzance, Cornwall, Dusky Thrush at Beeley, Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, single Eastern Black Redstarts in Cornwall and Cleveland, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, White-billed Diver in Orkney, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA