Sunday 5th February 2017
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of the first Lesser Yellowlegs for Worcestershire at Longdon. Elsewhere, in Clyde a Bonaparte's Gull was new at Gourock, Clyde, a Taverner's Cackling Goose was reported in Argyll on Islay, and in Dorset the Hume's Warbler reappeared on Portland. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Pine Bunting in North Yorkshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Serin (East Sussex), Lesser Snow Goose (Lancashire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Little Bunting and Rough-legged Buzzard, three Glossy Ibises, four each of American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter and Kumlien's Gull, seven Ring-billed Gulls, eight Great Grey Shrikes, 38 Cattle Egrets, 39 Lapland Buntings and 59 Shorelarks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA