Saturday 9th July 2011
	Bird of the day was a Pacific Swift that flew south over Spurn (East Yorkshire) at 1342, before being relocated briefly at Gibraltar Point NNR (Lincolnshire) at 1430. There have been just five previous records of Pacific Swift in Britain, but this is the third for Spurn following records on 1st July 2005 and on 22nd and 26th June 2008. Lingering rarities included the Black Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Derbyshire, Lesser Grey Shrike in Pembrokeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Red-rumped Swallow in Surrey and Marbled Duck in East Sussex. The best of the rest included two Night Herons in Kent, White-tailed Eagle in Lincolnshire, Great White Egret in East Yorkshire, White-winged Black Tern and Temminck's Stint on Orkney.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA