Wednesday 25th May 2016
	New discoveries included Laughing Gulls in East Sussex and South Yorkshire, subalpine warbler sp in Northumberland and up to six Black Kites in Cornwall, which coincided with an influx of Red Kites into the county. Lingering rarities included Black-billed Cuckoo (Western Isles), Dalmatian Pelican (Cornwall), Red-footed Falcons (Wiltshire and Suffolk), Bonaparte's Gull (Northumberland), Great Spotted Cuckoo (Dorset), Savi's Warblers (Suffolk and Co Wicklow), Black-winged Stilts (Essex) and Great Reed Warbler (Cambridgeshire). The best of the rest included Red-spotted Bluethroat (Fife), Kenitsh Plover (Co Wicklow), Woodchat Shrike (Co Cork), Hoopoe (Highland), Pectoral Sandpiper (Co Durham), Common Rosefinch (Northumberland), two Purple Herons, two Temminck's Stints, three Red-backed Shrikes and four Glossy Ibises.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA