Tuesday 31st May 2016
	A singing male White-crowned Sparrow was discovered in a garden at South Dell, Lewis, Western Isles, where it was still showing well this evening. It is likely that it has been present in the area for a while, as a possible White-crowned Sparrow was reported less than four miles away in Port Nis in early May. Other new discoveries today included a Broad-billed Sandpiper at Druridge Pools, Northumberland, a Greenish Warbler at Gunton, Suffolk, a Red-rumped Swallow at Murlough, County Down and a Bee-eater in Torbay, Devon. Lingering rarities included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Shetland, Black-billed Cuckoo in the Western Isles, Dalmatian Pelican and Black Kite in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Little Bittern in London, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warbler in Gwent, Subalpine warbler sp in Fife, two Black-winged Stilts in Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and King Eider in Aberdeenshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA