Friday 2nd June 2017
	The highlight of the day was a Sooty Tern that flew south past Uisaed Point, Argyll. Elsewhere, an Eastern Subalpine Warbler was new on the Orkney Isles on Sanday as were Black-winged Stilts in East Sussex at Rye Harbour and The Midrips (2). Brief encounters included Red-footed Falcons in Dorset and Kent, Black Kite in Derbyshire, Bee-eater in Kent and at least one Barolo Shearwater reported at sea off Start Point, Devon. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Black Duck in Highland, Iberian Chiffchaff in Cheshire, Little Bittern and Red-footed Falcon together in Somerset, and territorial Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Rose-coloured Starling (Suffolk), Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), Woodchat Shrike (Dorset), Golden Oriole (East Yorkshire), Marsh Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Orkney Isles), Night Heron (Shropshire), Ring-necked Duck (Argyll), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Red-backed Shrike and Surf Scoter (both Shetland Isles), two each of Common Rosefinch, Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis, three Icterine Warblers and a total of 20 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA