Monday 21st May 2012
	The Cream-coloured Courser lingered in Herefordshire throughout the day. New discoveries comprised Rustic Bunting in North Yorkshire, Subalpine Warbler on Shetland, Red-footed Falcon in Buckinghamshire, Bee-eaters in Kent (6), Co Waterford and Devon and Black Kite in Devon. Lingering rarities included Savi's Warblers in Norfolk and Hertfordshire, Bee-eater in Norfolk, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, White-rumped Sandpiper on Holy Island, Greater Yellowlegs and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Red-rumped Swallow and Forster's Tern in Co Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in London, Thrush Nightingale on Shetland and Blue-winged Teal in Clyde. Glossy Ibises were seen in Devon (2) and Pembrokeshire (4). The best of the rest included Short-toed Lark on Shetland and Isles of Scilly, Woodchat Shrike in Hampshire, Serin in Suffolk, Icterine Warblers in East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland and Norfolk, Bluethroats in Northumberland (3) and Co Donegal, Red-backed Shrike in Northumberland, Red-breasted Flycatchers in Norfolk and Shetland, Common Rosefinch in Norfolk and Night Heron in Devon.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA