Saturday 20th May 2017
	New discoveries all concerned flyover sightings; a Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire, Bee-eater in Dorset and Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk. The Pied-billed Grebe (Argyll), Spotted Sandpiper (Cumbria), Bonaparte's Gull (London), Caspian Tern and Iberian Chiffchaff (Norfolk), Savi's Warblers (Norfolk and Suffolk), Red-footed Falcon (Suffolk) and Little Bittern (Isles of Scilly) all lingered. Scarcity highlights included Night Heron (Shropshire), Purple Herons (Glamorgan and Cornwall), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cornwall), Bluethroats (Shetland and Orkney), Hoopoe (North Yorkshire) and Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cheshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA