Tuesday 7th March 2017
	The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Pacific Diver in Devon at Brixham. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Blue Rock Thrush still in Gloucestershire, Pine Bunting in North Yorkshire, Pacific Diver still in Northumberland, Northern Harrier on the Orkney Isles, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Hume's Warbler in Dorset, and Bonaparte's Gulls in Clyde, County Cork and Cornwall. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Little Bunting (Bedfordshire), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), two each of Ring-billed Gull and Ring-necked Duck, three of American Wigeon and Yellow-browed Warbler, seven Lapland Buntings, nine Great Grey Shrikes, 32 Cattle Egrets and a total of 46 Shorelarks. Arriving spring migrants included 12 Sand Martins, five Wheatears, Little Ringed Plover in Surrey, White Wagtail in Lincolnshire, Swallow in Somerset, Willow Warbler reported in London and Osprey reported in Cheshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA