Tuesday 4th June 2019
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Little Bittern in Lincolnshire at North Thoresby whilst other new rarities comprised a Thrush Nightingale on the Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, a Black Stork briefly in Aberdeenshire at Loch of Strathbeg, a Gull-billed Tern in County Kerry at Smerwick Harbour and a Greenish Warbler in Cornwall at Lizard. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the Great Knot and Sardinian Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Baikal Teal in Northumberland, Broad-billed Sandpiper in East Yorkshire, territorial Great Reed Warbler in West Yorkshire, Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal and King Eider all in Highland, Iberian Chiffchaff and two Savi's Warblers in Suffolk, and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (County Kerry), Serin (Kent), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Golden Oriole (Isles of Scilly), Ring-necked Duck (Essex), Great Grey Shrike (Cambridgeshire), two each of both Melodious Warbler and Common Rosefinch, and three Rose-coloured Starlings (bringing the total so far this summer to eight).
-  Chris Batty, RBA