Tuesday 16th June 2015
	The excellent spring run of Nearctic passerine records continued - a Swainson's Thrush was discovered on Fetlar (Shetland) this morning. A Gull-billed Tern was at Old Moor RSPB (South Yorkshire) and a Red-footed Falcon paused at Landguard NR (Suffolk), whilst lingering rarities included the Cretzschmar's Bunting (Gwynedd), Hudsonian Whimbrel (West Sussex), Greater Yellowlegs (Hampshire) and White-rumped Sandpiper (Norfolk). Twenty six Bee-eaters were reported, including flocks of eleven in East Yorkshire and ten in Lincolnshire. The best of the rest included Melodious Warbler (West Midlands), Spotted Crake (Gloucestershire), Ring-necked Duck (East Yorkshire), Marsh Warbler (Norfolk), Red-backed Shrike (Orkney), Purple Heron (Isles of Scilly), Hoopoe (Cornwall), Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (Aberdeenshire) and two each of Night Herons, American Wigeons, Temminck's Stints and Red-necked Phalaropes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA