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Saturday 25th February 2017  
  Rarity highlights included Coues's Arctic Redpoll and Pine Bunting in Dunnington (North Yorkshire), Blue Rock Thrush (Gloucestershire), Hume's Warbler and Lesser Yellowlegs (Dorset), Desert Wheatear (Devon), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Pallid Harrier (East Yorkshire), Black Duck (Highland), Black Scoter and Pacific Diver (Northumberland), Northern Harrier (Orkney) and Ferruginous Duck (or hybrid) (Norfolk).

The best of the rest included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Little Bunting (Bedfordshire),  two Rose-coloured Starlings and three Yellow-browed Warblers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA