Tuesday 6th May 2014
	The highlight of the day was a Myrtle Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles, only the fourth to be discovered in spring in the British Isles. Elsewhere, a Black-winged Stilt showed in Hampshire at Titchfield Haven, in Berkshire a Red-footed Falcon visited Maidenhead, and in Suffolk a Bee-eater was heard at Landguard. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both Sardinian Warbler and Whiskered Tern (County Cork), Western Subalpine Warbler (Norfolk), Black Kite (Isles of Scilly), Caspian Stonechat (Shetland Isles), King Eider and White-billed Diver (Aberdeenshire), and White-billed Diver (Orkney Isles). Scarcities included Hoopoe (Isles of Scilly), Wryneck (Orkney Isles), Pectoral Sandpiper (Angus), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Ring-necked Duck (Shropshire), Ring-necked Duck (Shropshire), two each of Woodchat Shrike, Serin and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Short-toed Larks, four Temminck's Stints, five Cattle Egrets, six Glossy Ibises, and 17 migrant Dotterel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA