Thursday 30th March 2017
	New discoveries included an Alpine Swift in Cleveland/Co Durham, Red-rumped Swallow in Gwent, Iberian Chiffchaff in Isles of Scilly, Black-winged Stilts in Essex (2) and Isle of Wight and King Eider in Highland. Lingering rarities comprised Ferruginous Duck (Northumberland), Lesser Yellowlegs and Hume's Warbler (Dorset), Hudsonian Whimbrel (Cornwall) and seven White-billed Divers (Aberdeenshire [4] and Moray [3]). The best of the rest included Hoopoes (Cornwall and Pembrokeshire) and Rose-coloured Starling (Norfolk).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA