Tuesday 24th June 2014
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Scops Owl on the Shetland Isles, on Yell, although it could not be relocated there later in the day. The Short-toed Eagle was reported again: during the morning in the New Forest, Hampshire, and then late in the afternoon back in East Sussex at Ashdown Forest. Rarities elsewhere comprised both the Bridled Tern and Little Bittern still in Northumberland, Ross's Gull in Devon, two Black-winged Stilts in West Sussex, and a Black Kite again in Suffolk. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Orkney Isles), White Stork (Hampshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland and Suffolk), Marsh Warbler (Shetland Isles (2)) and six Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA