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Thursday 4th June 2015  
  New discoveries included Red-footed Falcon in Kent and Norfolk, a Subalpine Warbler on Western Isles (which was probably a Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler), Bee-eaters in Cornwall (4), Isles of Scilly (2), Gloucestershire (2) and Surrey (2) and Greenish Warbler on Isles of Scilly. The Swainson's Thrush (Pembrokeshire), Veery (Orkney), Black-winged Stilt (West Sussex), White-rumped Sandpiper (Lincolnshire), Red-footed Falcon (East Sussex), Little Bittern (Suffolk), Greater Yellowlegs (Hampshire) and Greenish Warbler and Great Reed Warbler (Shetland) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Golden Oriole (Moray), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Bluethroat (Orkney), Montagu's Harrier (Kent), Temminck's Stint (South Yorkshire), Corncrake (Anglesey), White-winged Black Tern (Dorset), Serin (Kent), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), Ring-necked Duck (Orkney), two Red-necked Phalaropes, two Red-backed Shrikes, four Icterine Warblers and four Honey Buzzards.

A probable Short-toed Eagle flew over Lyndhurst (Hampshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA