Tuesday 28th February 2017
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Pine Bunting in North Yorkshire, Killdeer on the Shetland Isles, both Pacific Diver and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Ferruginous Duck in Buckinghamshire. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Little Bunting (Bedfordshire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and Lapland Bunting (Somerset), two each of Richard's Pipit, Ring-necked Duck and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Glossy Ibises, five American Wigeons, nine Great Grey Shrikes, 10 Shorelarks and 28 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA