Thursday 4th May 2017
	On Orkney the Red-winged Blackbird continued its stay on North Ronaldsay, whilst rarity highlights elsewhere comprised Red-footed Falcon (Dorset), Great Reed Warbler (Staffordshire), Gull-billed Tern (Co Cork), Bonaparte's Gulls (Hampshire and Dorset), White-billed Divers (Orkney and Western Isles), Pallid Harrier (Lancashire), Black-winged Stilts (Norfolk), Western Bonelli's Warbler and Little Bittern (Isles of Scilly) and Savi's Warbler (Norfolk). The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpiper (Western Isles), Little Bunting (Shetland), White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (Isles of Scilly), at least three Wrynecks and four Night Herons.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA