Sunday 16th April 2017
	New discoveries included an Iberian Chiffchaff at Spurn, Alpine Swift in Kent, Black Kites in Kent and Cornwall, Red-rumped Swallows in North Yorkshire and Suffolk, Snowy Owl on Orkney and Arctic Redpoll on Shetland. The Suffolk American Herring Gull made a brief appearance, whilst Black Duck (Highland), Long-billed Dowitcher and Black Kite (Co Wexford), Lesser Yellowlegs (Carmarthenshire) and White-billed Diver (Aberdeenshire) all lingered. The best of the rest included two Little Buntings (Cornwall), Kentish Plover (Co Wexford), Temminck's Stint (Staffordshire), Hoopoe (Nottinghamshire), Spotted Crake (Lancashire), two Woodchat Shrikes and seven Dotterels.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA