Wednesday 3rd May 2017
	New discoveries included Western Bonelli's Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Red-rumped Swallow (Hampshire), Red-footed Falcon (South Yorkshire), Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset), Subalpine Warbler and White-billed Diver (Shetland), Bee-eater (Suffolk) and a Whiskered Tern was reported in Nottinghamshire. Lingering rarities included the Red-winged Blackbird (Orkney), Pallid Harrier (Lancashire), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Shetland), Little Bittern (Isles of Scilly), Savi's Warbler (Norfolk), Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset), Pied-billed Grebe (Argyll) three Black-winged Stilts and five White-billed Divers. The best of the rest included Pallas's Warbler (Northumberland), Richard's Pipit (Cornwall), Red-backed Shrike (Shetland), Short-toed Lark (Dorset), White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk), two Serins, Temminck's Stints and Golden Orioles, three Night Herons, four Wrynecks and five Hoopoes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA