Tuesday 21st June 2016
	Rarities today comprised the Great Knot still in Norfolk, where the Caspian Tern was reported briefly, the Broad-billed Sandpiper still in Gwent, Gull-billed Tern in Forth, King Eider in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and two Bee-eaters briefly in Devon. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Borders), Serin (West Sussex), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Ring-necked Duck (Orkney Isles), three Cattle Egrets and four Glossy Ibises. Significant late news concerned a Blyth's Reed Warbler on 17th June in West Sussex at Rye Harbour, and in Somerset the recent presence of at least one territorial male Little Bittern at Ham Wall.
-  Chris Batty, RBA