Monday 9th May 2011
	Today's highlight came in the form of an adult Audouin's Gull at Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk), the first record for Suffolk and sixth for Britain. Elsewhere new discoveries included a Red-footed Falcon at Spurn (East Yorkshire - where a Red-rumped Swallow, Serin, Montagu's Harrier, Grey-headed Wagtail, Spoonbill and Shorelark were also logged today), Bee-eaters in Dorset, Western Isles and Somerset, Black Kite on Shetland at Red-rumped Swallow at Waxham (Norfolk). Lingering rarities came in the form of Bonaparte's Gulls in Devon and Cornwall, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, White-billed Diver in Moray and Black Kite in Aberdeenshire. The best of the rest included a male Kentish Plover in Cumbria, a Pectoral Sandpiper in Northumberland, Night Heron in Dorset, Hoopoe in Somerset, White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk, Red-backed Shrike in Kent, Melodious Warbler and Woodchat Shrike on Isles of Scilly, Woodchat Shrike in Devon, Red-necked Phalarope in Lincolnshire, White-winged Black Tern in Northumberland and inland Roseate Tern in Berkshire. Fifteen Temminck's Stints were also spread between five counties today. In Ireland a Buff-breasted Sandpiper was found on The Mullet (Co Mayo).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA