Friday 30th May 2014
	New discoveries today included a Broad-billed Sandpiper on Holy Island, Northumberland early morning, a Bonaparte's Gull at Staines Reservoirs, Surrey (the first for the county), single Rustic Buntings at Happisburgh, Norfolk and on Unst, Shetland, single Greenish Warblers at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire and Durlston Country Park, Dorset, an Alpine Swift at Westburn Park, Aberdeenshire and a Black-winged Stilt at Clogheen, County Cork. Bee-eaters were found in Devon and Norfolk (two), and a Savi's Warbler found late evening yesterday at Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, Aberdeenshire was still present tonight. Lingering rarities were headlined by the Black-headed Bunting in Norfolk, Caspian Stonechat and Rustic Bunting in Shetland, Ross's Gull in Devon, Savi's Warbler in Gwent, three Bee-eaters in Cleveland, Lesser Scaup in Cheshire, single King Eiders in Lothian and Aberdeenshire and two Black-winged Stilts in Sussex. Scarcity totals included an Ortolan Bunting, a Night Heron, a Woodchat Shrike, a Bluethroat, a Corncrake (in Kent), a Montagu's Harrier, a Temminck's Stint, two Common Rosefinches, three Red-breasted Flycatchers, four Golden Orioles, five Marsh Warblers, five Glossy Ibises, five Roseate Terns, seven Honey Buzzards, 11 Icterine Warblers and 15 Red-backed Shrikes.
-  Will Soar, RBA