Thursday 29th May 2008
	Another busy day with highlights including a Thrush Nightingale in East Yorkshire at Spurn, single Great Reed Warblers in East Yorkshire at Flamborough Head and Suffolk at Minsmere, Cattle Egrets at Titchfield Haven, Hampshire and South Huish, Devon (3) and Subalpine Warblers in Suffolk at Landguard, in the Shetland Isles on Unst and in Norfolk at both Blakeney Point and Warham Greens. Aerial encounters included a Caspian Tern over Oundle, Northamptonshire, a Black Kite over Forest Row and Ringmer, East Sussex and a Bee-eater over Fontwell, West Sussex. Lingering rarities comprised the Marsh Sandpiper in Leicestershire, Black Stork on the Shetland Isles, Citrine Wagtail in Norfolk, Alpine Swift in East Sussex, Rustic Bunting on the Orkney Isles, Black Duck in County Donegal, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire (3) and Kent, Great White Egret in Powys and Falcated Duck on Anglesey. Red-footed Falcons were represented by singles in each of Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Lothian and Suffolk whilst three together were found in Dorset. Once again, the British east coast, between Suffolk and the Shetland Isles, yielded large numbers of scarce migrants with day totals of 51 Red-backed Shrikes, 33 Icterine Warblers, 27 Marsh Warblers, 19 Common Rosefinches, ten Grey-headed Wagtails, eight Golden Orioles, four Red-spotted Bluethroats, two Ortolan Buntings and singles of Barred Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Lapland Bunting.
-  Chris Batty, RBA