Thursday 9th June 2011
	Once again was the highlight of the day was the continued presence of the White-throated Robin at Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland, although it could not be found there after midday. Similarly, the Red-footed Falcon in Herefordshire disappeared late morning, but the King Eider remained in Aberdeenshire. Newly discovered rarities comprised a Greenish Warbler in the Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, another Bonaparte's Gull on Berneray, Western Isles, and brief encounters included a Red-footed Falcon in Surrey, Bee-eater in Kent and Ortolan Bunting in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Forth), Bluethroat (Cleveland), Icterine Warbler (two together on the Shetland Isles), Common Rosefinch (Argyll and Shetland), Red-necked Phalarope (two together in County Wexford), American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cheshire) and Great White Egret (Kent). Significant news from yesterday concerned a Blyth's Reed Warbler off the Isle of Man trapped and ring on the Calf of Man.
-  Chris Batty, RBA