Thursday 2nd November 2017
	An Eastern Stonechat sp on Skomer Island (Pembrokeshire) was today's most significant new discovery, but Rock Thrush (Gwent), Bee-eater (Co Durham), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Wexford and Warwickshire), Long-billed Dowitchers (Kent, Merseyside and Co Wexford), White-rumped Sandpipers (Cornwall and Co Wexford), Stilt Sandpiper (Dorset), Lesser Scaup (Hampshire) and Radde's Warbler (Isles of Scilly) were all logged, whilst White-billed Divers were noted on Orkney and Lothian and reported from Norfolk. Scarcities were headlined by a Cory's Shearwater at inland Rutland Water (Leicestershire). A Red-breasted Flycatcher and Little Bunting (Shetland), Richard's Pipits (Pembrokeshire, South Yorkshire and East Yorkshire), Wryneck and Barred Warbler in Dorset (Dorset) and Rose-coloured Starling Cornwall were also recorded today.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA