Sunday 28th May 2017
	Seven Red-footed Falcons were found today, with four at Spurn, Yorkshire, one at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, one at Salthouse, Norfolk and one at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset. An Alpine Swift and a Red-rumped Swallow also went through Spurn, with the Alpine Swift also being seen at Gibraltar Point, along with a Black Stork. Other new discoveries included a Greenish Warbler on Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, a Savi's Warbler at Potter Heigham Marshes, Norfolk and a Black Kite over Brading, Isle of Wight. Lingering rarities still present included the Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Little Bittern in Somerset and two Savi's Warblers in Suffolk. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, a Marsh Warbler, a Short-toed Lark, a Shorelark, two Golden Orioles, three Common Rosefinches, an American Golden Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, three Temminck's Stints, a Ring-billed Gull, a Long-tailed Skua, a Pomarine Skua, two Night Herons and seven Honey Buzzards.
-  Will Soar, RBA