Monday 22nd May 2017
	A Red-throated Pipit and two male Red-footed Falcons flew over Blakeney Point, Norfolk today, with two Black Kites elsewhere in the county, over Cranwich Camp, Mundford. A singing Iberian Chiffchaff was found at Emmbrook, Berkshire, a Red-footed Falcon flew over Messingham, Lincolnshire, a Red-rumped Swallow flew over Hastings Country Park, East Sussex and a Bee-eater flew over Long Nab, North Yorkshire. Lingering rarities still present today included the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, single Little Bitterns in Somerset and Scilly, Red-footed Falcon in South Yorkshire and single Savi's Warblers in Suffolk and Norfolk. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Serin, a Short-toed Lark, a Shorelark, a Common Rosefinch, a Marsh Warbler, a Melodious Warbler, two Icterine Warblers, two Purple Herons, two Night Herons and three Bluethroats.
-  Will Soar, RBA