Tuesday 6th June 2017
	Rarities today were limited to a brief Red-footed Falcon in Cornwall at Lizard and the long-staying Black Duck still in Highland at Strontian. Scarcities included two territorial Marsh Warblers (both in Cleveland), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (Fife), Golden Oriole (Orkney Isles), Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles) and a total of 12 Cattle Egrets. The gale force winds and rain that caused so few landbirds to be recorded today brought some seabirds within sight of land with two Long-tailed Skuas (Western Isles), three Balearic Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters off four counties and a scattering of Storm Petrels.
-  Chris Batty, RBA