Friday 28th April 2017
	New discoveries included Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Dorset), Black Kite (Lothian) and two Red-rumped Swallows (Co Wexford), whilst the Pallid Harrier (Lancashire), Little Bittern (Isles of Scilly), Two-barred Crossbill (Somerset), King Eider and Black Duck (Highland), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Pied-billed Grebe (Argyll), Long-billed Dowitcher (Co Down), Gull-billed Tern (Co Cork), two Black-winged Stilts, two Savi's Warblers, five Bonaparte's Gulls, five Red-rumped Swallows and six White-billed Divers all lingered. The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpiper and Serin (Isle of Wight), Kentish Plover (Cornwall), Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), White-tailed Eagle (Lancashire) and three Night Herons.<
-  Stuart Piner, RBA