Saturday 2nd December 2017
	The White-crowned Black Wheatear was still present in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire this morning, but was confirmed as having escaped from a nearby aviary and was promptly caught and returned to its owner. In Nottinghamshire, a female Bufflehead was found in the south of the county but the exact location hasn't been disclosed, and in Norfolk news of a male Desert Wheatear at Eccles-on-Sea was released, having been present for three days. Other lingering rarities seen today included both adult Pacific Divers in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, single Lesser Yellowlegs' in Yorkshire and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher and White-rumped Sandpiper in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent, two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire and Lesser Scaup in County Galway.
-  Will Soar, RBA