Thursday 25th May 2017
	The highlight of the day was a Crag Martin in Powys at Lake Vyrnwy albeit only briefly. Other brief encounters today included Black Kite in both Aberdeeenshire and Cornwall (2), Red-footed Falcon in County Cork, Alpine Swift reported in Derbyshire, two Red-rumped Swallows in East Yorkshire and a flock of eight Bee-eaters in County Durham. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Red-footed Falcon was new on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, a Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk at Hockwold Washes, Red-throated Pipit still on the Shetland Isles, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and territorial Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Orkney Isles), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Night Heron (Shropshire), Marsh Warbler and Serin (Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (Aberdeenshire), Great Grey Shrike (Devon), Hoopoe (Cheshire), Shorelark (Wirral), Ring-billed Gull (Ceredigion), two each of Rose-coloured Starling (together in Argyll), Golden Oriole (together in Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (together in County Londonderry), and a total of seven Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA