Wednesday 6th May 2009
	On Shetland Foula produced an incredible duo in the form of a Solitary Sandpiper and Laughing Gull, both found within a magic 30 minute period. The lingering Pallid Swift in Merseyside was today's most popular rarity,  showing well at Seaforth LWT and Crosby Marine Park throughout the day. A male Citrine Wagtail was a new discovery at Lodmoor RSPB, Dorset, in Devon the Semipalmated or Western Sandpiper continued to range along the Exe Estuary and a Red-footed Falcon was observed at both Holme and Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk. In Essex the Savi's Warbler in the Lee Valley Country Park could be heard but not seen early in the morning and in Cambridgeshire a couple of Cattle Egrets arrived at the Nene Washes, whilst the lone bird was still at Rutland Water, Leicestershire. On Isles of Scilly the Little Bunting remained on Tresco, Dotterel sightings included three in West Sussex and two in Aberdeenshire, a Pectoral Sandpiper visited Hope Carr LNR, Greater Manchester and a Green-winged Teal lingered in Somerset.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA