Thursday 17th May 2012
	A small arrival of Bee-eaters today produced birds on Hayling Island, Hampshire, Seaview, Isle of Wight, Dungeness, Kent, Knapwell, Cambridgeshire and two were seen at Spurn and Patrington Haven, Yorkshire. An adult American Golden Plover was at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, and a Red-rumped Swallow was at Tacumshin, County Wexford. Other rarities comprised the Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire, Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Forster's Tern in County Wexford, Squacco Heron in Somerset, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Snowy Owl in Western Isles, White-billed Diver in Orkney, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde and Glossy Ibis in Anglesey.
-  Will Soar, RBA