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Thursday 12th May 2016  
  New rarities today were a Pallid Swift in Norfolk at Blakeney, a Thrush Nightingale in Northumberland at Holy Island, Western Subalpine Warbler off the Isle of Man on Calf of Man, Caspian Tern in Lancashire at Rossall Point, Broad-billed Sandpipers in Cheshire at Hale and Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, Bonaparte's Gull in Carmarthenshire, Red-rumped Swallows in East Sussex (2) and West Sussex, Red-footed Falcon in South Yorkshire, Black-headed Wagtail in Forth at Skinflats, and a new Bee-eater at Cley, Norfolk.

Lingering rarities comprised the Dalmatian Pelican still in Cornwall, Calandra Lark on the Shetland Isles, Western Rufous Turtle Dove in Kent, Franklin's Gull in Essex, Thrush Nightingale in Fife, Iberian Chiffchaff and two Red-rumped Swallows on the Isles of Scilly, Great Reed Warbler and two Whiskered Terns together in Cleveland, Bee-eater in Norfolk, Black-winged Stilt in Dorset, King Eider and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, King Eider in Highland, and White-billed Divers in Moray and County Donegal (3).

Scarcities included Red-breasted Flycatcher (Fife), Common Rosefinch (Isle of Man), Purple Heron (Devon), two Golden Orioles, three of Short-toed Lark and Icterine Warbler, four each of Woodchat Shrike, Serin and Grey-headed Wagtail, eight Red-spotted Bluethroats and 10 Red-backed Shrikes.
Chris Batty, RBA
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