Thursday 29th May 2014
	A Ross's Gull was identified in Devon at Bowling Green Marsh (present for its ninth day, having previously been misidentified as a Little Gull). New discoveries comprised Blyth's Reed Warbler in London, Black Kite in Kent, King Eider in Lothian, Greenish Warblers in Norfolk, Northumberland and Co Durham and Bee-eaters in Shetland, Devon, Dorset, West Sussex and Cleveland (3). Lingering rarities included Collared Flycatcher and Caspian Stonechat on Shetland, Black-headed Bunting in Norfolk, Savi's Warbler in Gwent, Lesser Scaup in Cheshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Black-winged Stilts in Kent and Sussex. The best of the rest included at least 15 Red-backed Shrikes, 12 Icterine Warblers, four Marsh Warblers, four Golden Orioles, three Red-breasted Flycatchers, three Common Rosefinches, two Red-necked Phalaropes, two Glossy Ibises, Montagu's Harrier (Suffolk), Temminck's Stint (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Kent), Woodchat Shrike (Cleveland), Bluethroat (East Yorkshire), Shorelark (Norfolk) and Pectoral Sandpiper (Shetland).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA