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Saturday 4th June 2016  
  New rarities today comprised a Little Bittern in South Yorkshire at Old Moor, Tawny Pipit on the Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, Greenish Warbler in Essex at The Naze, Black Kite in County Wexford at Tacumshin, and a Bee-eater reported in Kent at Margate.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Semipalmated Plover in County Wexford, both Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles, Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Gull-billed Terns in both Forth and Lothian, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warblers in both East Yorkshire and Gwent, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, Alpine Swift on the Isles of Scilly, and King Eiders in both Aberdeenshire and Highland.

Scarcities included American Golden Plover (East Sussex), Kentish Plover (Essex), Night Heron (Somerset), Rose-coloured Starling (Bedfordshire), Icterine Warbler (Highland), Golden Oriole (East Sussex), Common Rosefinch (East Yorkshire), two Red-necked Phalaropes, three Marsh Warblers and seven Red-backed Shrikes.
Chris Batty, RBA
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