Wednesday 10th May 2006
	Shetland once again stole the limelight with a superb Scops Owl on Mainland at Swining. Like the Collared Flycatcher - that remained nearby at Brow Marsh – Scops Owl is becoming something of a Shetland speciality with four records in the last six years. Notable finds elsewhere included a Lesser Scaup at Bramford, Suffolk in the evening (only the second county record) and a Black Stork present briefly on North Ronaldsay, Orkney. Both the Iberian Chiffchaffs remained at Postbridge, Devon and Pressmennan Lake, Lothian with sonograms of the latter bird's song confirming its identity.
-  Chris Batty, RBA