Sunday 30th June 2019
	All the new rarities today were brief encounters with a Black Stork flying over Titchwell, Norfolk, a Red-footed Falcon in Kent at St Margaret's at Cliffe, and in Cornwall up to six Bee-eaters passing over Porthgwarra then Penzance. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both Terek Sandpiper and Black Duck in Highland, Squacco Heron and Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Gull-billed Tern and Blyth's Reed Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Great Reed Warbler and Ferruginous Duck in West Yorkshire, territorial Savi's Warbler on Anglesey, Baikal Teal in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde and Lesser Scaup in Borders. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Suffolk), Night Heron (Gloucestershire), Purple Heron (Kent), Marsh Warbler (Shetland Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Essex), Green-winged Teal (Norfolk), two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Glossy Ibis.
-  Chris Batty, RBA