Thursday 18th June 2009
	In County Mayo, the first-summer female Snowy Owl reappeared on The Mullet yesterday, and was still present today near Annagh Head, after last being seen on the 20th May on the Inishkea Islands. Other rarities recorded today included the male Little Bittern at Walton Heath, Somerset, Lesser Grey Shrike on Bressay, Shetland and Black Duck at Colliford Lake, Cornwall. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike in Glamorgan, Red-backed Shrikes in Fife and on Shetland, Marsh Warblers in County Durham and on Shetland, Common Rosefinches in Yorkshire and County Durham, Serin in Dorset and migrant Golden Orioles in Northumberland and Lincolnshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA