Wednesday 8th November 2017
	Today's rarities comprised Red-flanked Bluetail (Suffolk), Dusky Warbler (Devon), White-billed Diver (East Yorkshire), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Gloucestershire), Lesser Yellowlegs (Co Wexford and Dorset), Pacific Golden Plover (Co Wexford) and Pacific Diver (Cornwall). Five Ferruginous Ducks were records today; a pair at Ham Wall RSPB (Somerset) and three at Dinton Pastures Country Park (Berkshire), which included a released juvenile drake from a German reintroduction project. The best of the rest included a Bluethroat (East Yorkshire), Glossy Ibis (Isle of Wight), Waxwing (Cleveland), two American Wigeons and 17 Shorelarks.
-  Will Soar, RBA