Tuesday 2nd May 2017
	The Red-winged Blackbird continued its stay on North Ronaldsay (Orkney). New discoveries included Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Shetland), Dusky Warblers (Dorset and Shetland), Broad-billed Sandpiper (East Yorkshire) and Pallid Harrier (Norfolk), whilst the Pallid Harrier (Lancashire), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Dorset), Pied-billed Grebe (Argyll), Broad-billed Sandpiper (Anglesey), Gull-billed Tern (Co Cork), Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Bonaparte's Gulls (Dorset, Essex and Oxfordshire), Black Duck (Highland), Black-winged Stilts (Norfolk and Isles of Scilly), Savi's Warblers (Norfolk and Suffolk), Subalpine Warbler sp (Shetland) and Little Bittern (Isles of Scilly) all lingered. The best of the rest included Pallas's Warbler (Northumberland), Little Bunting (Shetland), Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), two Richard's Pipits, two Serin, three Purple Herons, three Wrynecks, three Night Herons, four Golden Orioles and five Hoopoes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA