Monday 11th May 2015
	The first Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler for Mainland Britain, and the first widely twitchable individual anywhere, was discovered on Blakeney Point, Norfolk mid morning. This singing and calling male joined a female subalpine warbler species found earlier in the morning. The first accepted Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler was shot on St Kilda in 1894, with two more recent records in Shetland in 2009. Both these birds stayed for at least a week, but only one was identified to (at the time) race whilst the bird was still present, late on in its stay. Nearby, the male Citril Finch remained at Burnham Overy Dunes until 6.20am, but not since. Further north, the fifth Slate-coloured Junco for Shetland was found at Toab, Mainland. All five records in the archipelago have occurred in the first 11 days of May. Other new discoveries included a Lesser Yellowlegs at Low Newton, Northumberland, a Black-winged Stilt at Grove Ferry, Kent and a Red-rumped Swallow over Spurn, Yorkshire. Lingering rarities included the Harlequin Duck and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Squacco Heron in Devon, Red-throated Pipit in Cleveland, Red-rumped Swallow in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Hampshire and Lesser Scaup in Yorkshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA