Wednesday 29th May 2019
	Discoveries today included a Bonaparte's Gull briefly in Derbyshire at Carr Vale, a Great Reed Warbler on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's and on the Shetland Isles two Blyth's Reed Warblers on Foula. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Baikal Teal in East Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal in Highland, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Shetland Isles, Iberian Chiffchaffs in Lancashire and Suffolk, Red-rumped Swallow in Lincolnshire, Red-footed Falcons in both County Wexford and the Isles of Scilly, territorial Great Reed Warblers in both Cleveland and West Yorkshire and Savi's Warblers in Gwent and Suffolk. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Orkney Isles), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Night Heron (West Yorkshire), Great Grey Shrike (Cambridgeshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Long-tailed Skua (Western Isles), Icterine Warbler and Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Serin, and three of Spotted Crake (singing at the same site in Angus), Bluethroat and Glossy Ibis.
-  Chris Batty, RBA