Tuesday 21st May 2013
	New rarities discovered today comprised two Whiskered Terns briefly in Surrey at Staines Reservoir, Ortolan Bunting in Northumberland at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, a fly-over Bee-eater in East Yorkshire, and brief Red-footed Falcons in both Norfolk and Suffolk. The identity of a White-billed Diver was confirmed in County Galway at Inishbofin. Lingering rarities confirmed as present were the Paddyfield Warbler on the Orkney Isles, Thrush Nightingale in Cleveland, Great Reed Warbler in Northumberland, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk, King Eiders both in Aberdeenshire and County Mayo, and Lesser Scaups in both Highland and West Yorkshire. Scarce migrants included 26 Red-backed Shrikes, five migrant Red-necked Phalaropes, three Temminck's Stints, two each of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Bluethroat, Common Rosefinch and Pectoral Sandpiper, and single Barred Warbler (Northumberland), Woodchat Shrike (Argyll), Serin (Dorset), Lapland Bunting (Norfolk), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (County Mayo) and Cattle Egret (Kent). Skuas continued to pass the north and west, with 465 Long-tailed Skuas and 64 Pomarine Skuas logged today.
-  Chris Batty, RBA