Sunday 4th June 2017
	New discoveries today were confined to East Anglia, with a Red-footed Falcon at Minsmere and a Black Kite at Orford Ness, both Suffolk, and another of the latter at Potter Heigham, Norfolk. Lingering rarities included single Little Bitterns in Gloucestershire and Somerset, Black Scoter and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Iberian Chiffchaff in Cheshire, single Savi's Warblers in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk and single Red-footed Falcons in Cornwall and Somerset. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Serin, three Hoopoes, two Icterine Warblers, four Marsh Warblers, a Purple Heron, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Glossy Ibises, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, two Glaucous Gulls, four Iceland Gulls and two Pomarine Skuas.
-  Will Soar, RBA