Monday 6th November 2017
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pied Wheatear in Cleveland at Skinningrove - albeit only realised after dark - whilst in Leicestershire a Ferruginous Duck was new at Rutland Water. In Cornwall a returning Pacific Diver was confirmed in Mount's Bay at Newlyn, having earlier been suspected at Marazion on Saturday, and is presumably the same individual present most winters in Kernow since February 2007. Other rarities comprised a Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly, King Eider in the Shetland Isles, single White-billed Divers in Fife, Norfolk and the Orkney Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry, and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Kent and Lincolnshire. Scarcities included Barred Warbler (Suffolk), Serin (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Sabine's Gull (Norfolk), Shorelark (Cambridgeshire), American Wigeon (Worcestershire), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall and Essex), Surf Scoter (two together in Cornwall) and Dotterel (Kent, Norfolk and Northamptonshire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA