Tuesday 13th June 2017
	Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Elegant Tern in West Sussex, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Squacco Heron in Kent, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Red-footed Falcons in Cornwall, Somerset, Suffolk and Surrey, and family parties of Black-winged Stilts in both Cambridgeshire and Norfok. Scarcities included Marsh Warbler (Cleveland), Red-necked Phalarope (Gloucestershire), Purple Heron (Cornwall), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Night Heron (Shropshire), two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Icterine Warbler, and six Cattle Egrets. The Baird's Sandpiper reported yesterday in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh remained overnight and proved to be a Dunlin.
-  Chris Batty, RBA