Thursday 12th June 2014
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black-winged Pratincole at Hauxley NR (Northumberland). Elsewhere new rarities included a flyover Black Kite in Hampshire and Lesser Scaup in Co Derry. Lingering rarities included Spectacled Warbler (Norfolk), Ross's and Bonaparte's Gulls (Devon), two Black-winged Stilts (West Sussex), Lesser Scaup (Cheshire), King Eider (Aberdeenshire), Greenish Warbler (Lothian) and Savi's Warbler (Suffolk). The best of the rest included Woodchat Shrike (Pembrokeshire), Ring-necked Duck (Angus), American Wigeon (Western Isles), Purple Heron (Dumfries & Galloway), Red-backed Shrike (Shetland), Marsh Warbler (Shetland), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Shorelark (Devon), Night Herons (Gloucestershire and Glamorgan), Red-necked Phalaropes (Western Isles [2] and Surrey) and Glossy Ibises (Gloucestershire [3], Leicestershire and South Yorkshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA