Tuesday 10th May 2016
	An excellent day for rarities was headlined by the discovery of a Calandra Lark on Fair Isle (Shetland) and a Caspian Stonechat in Hampshire, whilst Collared Pratincole (London), Thrush Nightingales (Fife and Northumberland), Citrine Wagtails (Cleveland and Fife), Bee-eaters (Cornwall, East Yorkshire and Dorset [2]), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Shetland), Black Kite (Gwynedd/Anglesey), Black-winged Stilt (Dorset), Whiskered Tern (Gloucestershire), Great Reed Warbler (Isles of Scilly) and subalpine warbler species (Cornwall) were all new in. Lingering rarities included Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall), King Eider and White-billed Diver (Aberdeenshire), Whiskered Terns (Cleveland), Eastern Subalpine Warbler (Gwynedd), Western Subalpine Warbler and subalpine warbler species (Shetland), Western Rufous Turtle Dove (Kent) and Red-rumped Swallows (Isles of Scilly). The best of the rest included White-winged Black Terns (Warwickshire), Serin (Cornwall), Ortolan Bunting (North Yorkshire), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Fife), Common Rosefinch (Isle of Man), Melodious Warblers (Isles of Scilly and probably East Yorkshire), two Wrynecks, three Woodchat Shrikes, four Red-backed Shrikes and seven Bluethroats.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA