Saturday 22nd August 2015
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Booted Warbler in Norfolk at Salthouse, whilst other Booted Warblers wre confirmed as still present on both the Orkney and Shetland Isles. Also, three Bonelli's Warblers were found; in Cornwall at Bass Point, the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, and in Dorset at Portland Bill, with the last bird heard to call and confirmed as Western. Associated scarce migrants included two Grey-headed Wagtails, four Icterine Warblers, eight each of both Barred Warbler and Red-backed Shrike, and a total of 10 Wrynecks. other rarities today comprised the returning Forster's Tern in County Louth at Dundalk, single Black Storks in Aberdeenshire, East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Wiltshire, Red-footed Falcon in Lincolnshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and two Bee-eaters at the nest in Cumbria. Brief encounters inclued a Citrine Wagtail in Cumbria, Alpine Swift in Suffolk, and a Black Kite in Nottinghamshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA