Monday 6th February 2017
	Lingering rarities still present today comprised the Dusky Thrush still in Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pacific Diver in Northumberland, Pine Bunting in North Yorkshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Hooded Merganser and Bonaparte's Gull in Clyde, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Serin (East Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Lesser Snow Goose (Lancashire), Kumlien's Gull (County Waterford), two each of Little Bunting, Ring-necked Duck and Surf Scoter, three each of American Wigeon and Yellow-browed Warbler, seven Ring-billed Gulls, eight Great Grey Shrikes, 41 Cattle Egrets, 56 Shorelarks, and a total of 89 Tundra Bean Geese. Significant late news concerned a Gyr seen yesterday on Harris, Western Isles.
-  Chris Batty, RBA