Thursday 20th April 2017
	Rarity highlights included Two-barred Crossbill in Somerset, Savi's Warblers in Norfolk and Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gulls in Hampshire and Oxfordshire, Black Duck in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Orkney, Alpine Swift in Co Wicklow, Squacco Heron in Co Kerry, Bee-eater on Isles of Scilly, Subalpine Warbler in Pembrokeshire and Black Kite in London. Eleven Black-winged Stilts were also logged (five in Gloucestershire, three on the Northamptonshire/ Leicestershire border, two in Buckinghamshire and a lone bird in Suffolk). The best of the rest included Purple Heron in West Sussex, White-tailed Eagle in Suffolk, Hoopoe in Norfolk, Serin in Kent, Little Bunting in Cornwall, American Golden Plover in Co Mayo and White Stork in Aberdeenshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA