Tuesday 23rd May 2017
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Iberian Chiffchaff in Worcestershire on the Malvern Hills. Elsewhere, a Rustic Bunting was new on Noss, Shetland Isles, and off the Isle of Man a Subalpine Warbler was on the Calf of Man. Brief encounters included a Black Kite in Highland, Red-rumped Swallows in East Yorkshire, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire and the Shetland Isles, and Bee-eaters in East Yorkshire, Kent and Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the territorial Little Bittern in Somerset, Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk, King Eider in Highland, and Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included three White-winged Black Terns together in Surrey, Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Golden Oriole (Perthshire), Ring-billed Gull (Ceredigion), Shorelark (Wirral), Great Grey Shrike (Devon), Grey-headed Wagtail (Shetland Isles), two each of Short-toed Lark, Woodchat Shrike, Temminck's Stint and migrant Red-necked Phalarope, three Glossy Ibises, four Night Herons and a total of 16 Cattle Egrets included a bird on a nest in Cheshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA