Thursday 22nd June 2017
	Big news today was the discovery of a White-throated Needletail on Barra. It spent a little over an hour at Gleann near Castlebay late morning, but wasn't seen again during the day. This is the second record for the Western Isles, following the 2013 bird on Harris, which was the first record for 22 years. Other new discoveries included a Lesser Grey Shrike at Brading, Isle of Wight and a King Eider at Carnsore Point, County Wexford. Lingering rarities seen today included the Elegant Tern in Dorset, two Savi's Warblers in Suffolk and six Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk. Scarcity highlights included an Icterine Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, a Glossy Ibis, an American Night Heron, a Sabine's Gull, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Balearic Shearwater, two Iceland Gulls and four Cattle Egrets.
-  Will Soar, RBA