Tuesday 30th June 2009
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Forster's Tern in County Wexford, Black Duck in Cornwall and Ferruginous Duck in Somerset. Elsewhere, brief encounters included a Squacco Heron in Wiltshire at Upavon and a Bee-eater at Stiffkey, Norfolk. A Red-backed Shrike in Cleveland and a Marsh Warbler in Oxfordshire headlined the scarcities whilst numbers of Wood Sandpiper (9), Spotted Redshank (45) and Crossbill (156) continue to be recorded. Significant late news from yesterday concerned an adult male Pallid Harrier at Toseland, Cambridgeshire briefly in the early afternoon.
-  Chris Batty, RBA