Friday 17th April 2009
	Lingering rarities included Red-rumped Swallow on the Wirral, Bonaparte's Gull in Oxfordshire, American Golden Plover in Norfolk, White-throated Sparrow in Hampshire, Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and East Yorkshire and on Shetland the drake Wood Duck was on Mainland for its second day. In Suffolk a Red-footed Falcon was reported between Great Ashfield and Norton, a Great White Egret was seen near Allhallows, Kent, and in Cheshire the Cattle Egret remained near Frodsham. Elsewhere a Wryneck was briefly at Blakeney, Norfolk, a Red-breasted Flycatcher was at Dungeness and a Kentish Plover visited Pegwell Bay, Kent and in Suffolk the Purple Heron was seen again near Shingle Street.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA