Monday 19th May 2008
	The highlight of the day was a Rustic Bunting on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd with the other new discoveries consisting of brief encounters with a Red-rumped Swallow in Kent and a Black Kite in Surrey In England lingering rarities comprised the Little Bittern in Dorset, Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, two Cattle Egrets in Gloucestershire and both Whiskered Tern and two Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire. Red-footed Falcons were seen in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Northamptonshire with two together in South Yorkshire. Elsewhere, in Scotland a Snowy Owl showed again on the Western Isles whilst single King Eiders stayed in Ayrshire and the Shetland Isles. In Wales the Black Duck remained in Pembrokeshire as did the Great White Egret in Powys and the Falcated Duck on Anglesey. In Ireland the Great White Egret was seen again in County Cork. Scarcities were represented by Red-breasted Flycatcher and Red-spotted Bluethroat together off the Isle of Man, Short-toed Lark off Devon, Woodchat Shrike in Cornwall, Wryneck in Norfolk and Temminck's Stints in Cambridgeshire (2), Kent (3) and Lincolnshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA