Thursday 16th May 2019
	The highlight of the day was a singing Scops Owl present overnight in County Kilkenny at Millinavat. Other discoveries included a Subalpine Warbler species on the Shetland Isles on West Burra, a Red-rumped Swallow on the Isles of Scilly on Tresco, and a Bee-eater at Portland Bill, Dorset. Other rarities recorded were the Great Reed Warbler still in West Yorkshire, Iberian Chiffchaff still in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon again in South Yorkshire, and three Savi's Warblers in Suffolk. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Shetland Isles), Ortolan Bunting (Pembrokeshire), Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), Serin (Kent), Purple Heron (Western Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (Lincolnshire), American Wigeon (County Clare), Honey Buzzard (Nottinghamshire) and two each of White-winged Black Tern, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Golden Oriole, Ring-billed Gull, Wryneck and Grey-headed Wagtail, seven migrant Dotterel and a total of 10 Temminck's Stints.
-  Chris Batty, RBA