Saturday 8th April 2017
	New discoveries included a Bonaparte's Gull in Oxfordshire, Alpine Swift in Co Wexford, at least six Black-winged Stilts in Essex and Gyr on Western Isles, whilst White-billed Diver and Northern Harrier (Orkney), Ferruginous Duck in Northumberland, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Long-billed Dowitcher in Co Wexford and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall all lingered. The best of the rest included Hoopoe (Cornwall), Purple Heron (Isles of Scilly), Serin (Hampshire), two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Night Herons and two Woodchat Shrikes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA