Thursday 9th November 2017
	New discoveries today included an American Coot at Lough Gill, County Kerry, the second for both county and site, following a wintering individual in 2014/2015, and a Hume's Warbler at Dungeness, Kent. Lingering rarities included the Dusky Warbler in Devon, Pacific Diver in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, White-rumped Sandpiper in Angus, Forster's Tern in County Galway, King Eider in Ceredigion, Lesser Scaup in County Kerry and a Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, along with three more in Berkshire, at least two of which are from the German reintroduction project. Scarcity highlights included a Barred Warbler, a Hoopoe, an American Golden Plover, a Green-winged Teal, a Black Brant, a Glossy Ibis, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Dotterel, two American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, two Iceland Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls, three Lapland Buntings, three Ring-necked Ducks, four Tundra Bean Geese, six Grey Phalaropes, 13 Little Auks and 22 Shorelarks.
-  Will Soar, RBA