Friday 19th May 2017
	Three Red-rumped Swallows were discovered today, in Co Durham, Lancashire and Suffolk. Elsewhere the Spotted Sandpiper (Cumbria), Caspian Tern, Savi's Warbler and Iberian Chiffchaff (Norfolk), Little Bittern (Isles of Scilly), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Shetland), Red-footed Falcon and Savi's Warbler (Suffolk) and White-billed Diver (Western Isles) all lingered. The best of the rest included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cheshire), Night Heron (Shropshire), Hoopoes (North Yorkshire and Co Waterford), Purple Herons (Cornwall and Glamorgan) and Woodchat Shrike and Serin (Devon).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA