Saturday 17th June 2006
	Two Red-footed Falcons created Saturday's headline news; an adult male was between St.Ishmael's and Sandyhaven Pill, Pembrokeshire and in Nottinghamshire a first-summer was at Budby Common late in the evening. A Bee-eater over Bockhill Monument, Kent provided a little early morning excitement but elsewhere proceedings were rather static; the crowds once again flocked to the Scops Owl in Thrupp, Oxfordshire and other long-stayers included the Lesser Yellowlegs in Lincolnshire, Great Reed Warbler in Angus and King Eider in Ayrshire. Three flocks of Common Scoter were found inland today; an impressive 25 at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, 12 at Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent and 9 at Houghton Green Flash, Cheshire.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA