Tuesday 27th April 2010
	Spring rarities seen today included a male Red-footed Falcon lingering over Oakham, Leicestershire this afternoon, a Black Stork near Porlock, Somerset (with another in Dorset near Lopwell for its second day), a Bee-eater on the Isles of Scilly and an Alpine Swift at Trimley Marshes SWT, Suffolk, where there was also a grey morph Gyr. The White-billed Diver remained in Moray, as did the White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk. Other scarcities seen included a Pectoral Sandpiper (Suffolk), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Short-toed Lark (Scilly), three Purple Herons (Devon, Kent and Somerset), Woodchat Shrike (Scilly), Wryneck (Shetland), Golden Oriole (Scilly) and good numbers of Dotterels.
-  Will Soar, RBA