Sunday 22nd May 2011
	The highlight of the day was a Pallid Swift present for a brief period over Graham Water, Cambridgeshire. Elsewhere, other brief encounters included a Bonaparte's Gull in Norfolk, Black Stork in Glamorgan, Black Kites in both the Orkney Isles and Cornwall, and a Red-rumped Swallow in Kent. A Red-footed Falcon showed well in the evening at Ham Wall, Somerset. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Rustic Bunting in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Devon and the Western Isles, Savi's Warbler in Dorset, Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly and Tawny Pipit in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Common Rosefinch (Argyll), Woodchat Shrike (Gwynedd), Night Heron (Warwickshire), Purple Heron (East Yorkshire and Suffolk), Golden Oriole (Cambridgeshire and the Isles of Scilly), Surf Scoter (Lothian) and Ring-necked Duck (Perth and Kinross and Somerset).
-  Chris Batty, RBA