Wednesday 12th June 2013
	The highlight of the day was a Pacific Swift that flew south over Spurn, East Yorkshire this morning, before being relocated briefly in Lincolnshire at Saltfleetby mid afternoon. This represents the seventh British record of Pacific Swift, but the fourth for Spurn; where the species has previously been recorded flying south on 1st July 2005, 22nd and 26th June 2008, and 9th July 2011. New rarities elsewhere included a Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria at Workington, American Golden Plover on South Uist, Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset at Ham Wall, and a Black Kite briefly in Cambridgeshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Caspian Tern in Dorset, both Bonaparte's Gull and Black Kite in Kent, American Golden Plover in East Sussex, and a White-rumped Sandpiper in Moray. Scarcities included Common Rosefinch (Ayrshire), Golden Oriole (Orkney Isles), Marsh Warblers (Norfolk and Northumberland), Red-backed Shrike (Orkney Isles), Grey-headed Wagtail (Aberdeenshire and East Sussex), Red-necked Phalarope (East Yorkshire and Gloucestershire), and Pectoral Sandpiper (Cornwall, Norfolk (2) and Northumberland).
-  Chris Batty, RBA