Friday 16th June 2017
	New rarities discovered today were a Spotted Sandpiper at Scaling Dam Reservoir on the Cleveland/North Yorkshire border and a Bonaparte's Gull at Barmouth, County Derry. Significant late news concerned a Slate-coloured Junco at Stalham, Norfolk, briefly last Saturday. Lingering rarities seen today included the Elegant Tern in West Sussex, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, four Black-winged Stilts in Cambridgeshire, Red-footed Falcon in Surrey, Little Bittern in Somerset, Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Black Duck in Highland, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcity highlights included an Icterine Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, two Woodchat Shrikes, two Red-backed Shrikes, a Honey Buzzard, an American Night Heron, three Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA