Sunday 26th June 2016
	Rarities today comprised both the American White-winged Scoter and King Eider still in Aberdeenshire, Great Knot and Caspian Tern in Norfolk, Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, territorial Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and the King Eider in Lothian, whilst on the Shetland Isles an Alpine Swift was discovered at Point of Fethaland, Mainland. Scarcities included Bluethroat, Serin and Glossy Ibis (all Suffolk), Golden Oriole (Surrey), Marsh Warbler (Shetland Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Kent), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Cattle Egret (County Wexford), and Ring-billed Gull (County Fermanagh).
-  Chris Batty, RBA