Thursday 21st June 2012
	Rarities reported today comprised single territorial Iberian Chiffchaffs still present in both Cornwall and Somerset, and the Black Kite on the Shetland Isles, where it has relocated to Unst. Rose-coloured Starlings were in Lincolnshire (again at Frampton Marsh) and Norfolk (three reported together at Scratby), bringing the summer total of this species across Britain and Ireland to 25. Other scarcities today included the Night Heron still in Hampshire, and three White Storks together in West Sussex. Significant late news concerned a subadult Black-browed Albatross seen on 17th June from a fishing boat 30 miles southwest of Portland Bill, Dorset. Earlier this year, immature Black-browed Albatrosses were noted on 29th February 184 miles southwest of Mizen Head, County Cork, and twice off the Channel Islands; on 24th May 20 miles west of Guernsey, and on 17th June 20 miles north of Alderney.
-  Chris Batty, RBA