Sunday 5th June 2016
	New rarity highlights today were a Paddyfield Warbler in Borders at St Abb's Head, a Great Reed Warbler in Lincolnshire at Barton-upon-Humber, Greenish Warblers in Devon on Lundy, Gwynedd on Bardsey and Shetland on Whalsay, White-billed Diver on the Western Isles on Barra, whilst in East Yorkshire both Red-footed Falcon and Bee-eater were around Spurn. Otherwise, brief encounters included a Caspian Tern in Derbyshire, Gull-billed Terns in both Glamorgan and Somerset, and Black Kites in Kent and West Sussex. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Semipalmated Plover in County Wexford, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, both Iberian Chiffchaff and Alpine Swift on the Isles of Scilly, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Gull-billed Tern in Forth, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and King Eiders in both Aberdeenshire and Highland. Scarcities included American Golden Plover (East Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (Bedfordshire), Icterine Warbler (Highland), Temminck's Stint (Glamorgan), Red-necked Phalarope (Orkney Isles), two each of both Common Rosefinch and Golden Oriole, and a total of eight Red-backed Shrikes.
-  Chris Batty, RBA