Thursday 28th May 2009
	A Great Reed Warbler on Out Skerries (Shetland) and a probable Collared Pratincole at Pagham Harbour (West Sussex) were today's new rarities. Lingering rarities included the Western or  Semipalmated Sandpiper in Devon, Squacco Heron in Cambridgeshire, Subalpine Warbler and Wood Duck on Shetland, Whiskered Tern in West Yorkshire, Cattle Egret in Northamptonshire and Great White Egret in Cleveland. Scarcities came in the form of a probable Short-toed Lark on Isles of Scilly, Red-backed Shrikes in Kent and Suffolk, Woodchat Shrike and Spotted Crake in Dorset and two Icterine Warblers on Shetland, as well as four migrant Honey Buzzards, three Red-necked Phalaropes and two Golden Orioles.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA