Thursday 31st May 2018
	New disoveries today included an Eastern Subalpine Warbler at South Gare, Cleveland, single Greenish Warblers at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire and Scatness, Shetland, an Alpine Swift over Annet, Scilly, five Bee-eaters over Quorn, Leicestershire and one at Goleen, County Cork, and a Bonaparte's Gull on Tiree, Argyll. Lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff and Savi's Warbler in Yorkshire, Thrush Nightingale in Shetland, Red-footed Falcons in Somerset and County Wexford, Baird's Sandpiper in Cornwall, Black-winged Stilt in Lincolnshire, Black Duck in Highland and White-billed Diver in County Donegal. Scarcity totals included an Ortolan Bunting, a Short-toed Lark, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Common Rosefinch, two Golden Orioles, five Rose-coloured Starlings, five Icterine Warblers, six Marsh Warblers, 13 Red-backed Shrikes, a Spotted Crake, a Kentish Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Dotterel, two Temminck's Stints, a Purple Heron, an American Wigeon, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-billed Gull, three Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA