Sunday 10th September 2006
	Sundays star bird was undoubtedly Gloucestershires first ever record of Bonaparte's Gull. Found early in the morning at Slimbridge WWT it continued to show on and off throughout the day. In Northumberland the adult Bonaparte's Gull continued its stay in Newbiggin Bay. Other new rarities included a Wilson's Phalarope in Co. Derry, Baird's Sandpiper in Co. Kerry,  two brief Great White Egrets in Glamorgan and East Sussex while one of the White Pelicans continued its journey as it appeared in Angus on the north of side of the Firth of Tay.  A couple of new juvenile Rose-coloured Starlings were discovered (in Devon and Shetland) and a Serin flew over Grain (Kent) but otherwise new passerine action was fairly limited with a Melodious Warbler and Woodchat Shrike at Land's End (Cornwall) and a handful of Wrynecks (mainly in the south-west). Remaining rarities worthy of mention include Citrine Wagtail on Fair Isle, Snowy Owl on The Mullet (Co. Mayo), as well as a few Semipalmated Sandpipers and a brace of Baird's Sandpipers. A female Surf Scoter flew past Flamborough Head and a drake King Eider reappeared at Blackdog (Aberdeenshire).
-  Richard Moores, RBA