Sunday 21st May 2017
	New discoveries today included a singing male Rustic Bunting at Baltasound, Unst, Shetland, single Bee-eaters at Portland, Dorset and Connor Downs, Cornwall, a Black Kite at Hurlstone Point, Somerset and Red-footed Falcons at Tetney Lock, Lincolnshire and Thorne Moors, Yorkshire (now two adult males). A male Little Bittern has once again returned to Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset. Lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff and Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Little Bittern in Scilly, single Bonaparte's Gulls in London and County Kerry, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and White-billed Diver in Orkney. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Hoopoe, a Serin, three Bluethroats, a Woodchat Shrike, a Great Grey Shrike, two Red-backed Shrikes, three Golden Orioles, two Shorelarks, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Pectoral Sandpiper, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, three Temminck's Stints, three Dotterel, a Purple Heron, four Honey Buzzards and a Night Heron.
-  Will Soar, RBA