Thursday 7th May 2015
	New discoveries included Alpine Swift in East Yorkshire, Red-rumped Swallows in Lincolnshire and West Sussex and Snowy Owl in Co Fermanagh, whilst Lesser Scaup (West Yorkshire), Harlequin Duck, White-billed Diver and King Eider (Aberdeenshire), Red-rumped Swallow (East Yorkshire), Bonaparte's Gull (Hampshire) and Squacco Heron (Cornwall) all lingered. The Great Blue Heron was also reportedly still present on Isles of Scilly. The best of the rest included White Stork (North Yorkshire), Woodchat Shrike (Co Cork), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), Kentish Plover (Highland), Red-backed Shrike (Highland), Hoopoe (Warwickshire), two Golden Orioles, three Serins, three Grey-headed Wagtails, five Temminck's Stints and 30 Dotterel.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA