Sunday 9th May 2021
	In Kent, a Black Stork flew over Bekesbourne in the evening. A female Red-footed Falcon flew west over Sheringham in Norfolk. In the same county, a Red-rumped Swallow flew through Burnham Overy Dunes. A Spotted Sandpiper was found at Budle Bay in Northumberland, while a Lesser Yellowlegs appeared on St.Mary's, Scilly. A Franklin's Gull was briefly at Lodmoor RSPB in Dorset. Still present were the Calandra Lark (and Rustic Bunting) on Fair Isle, Northern Mockingbird in Northumberland, American Herring Gull and Blue-winged Teal in Cornwall, Tawny Pipit in Dorset, Gull-billed Tern in Co.Donegal, Whiskered Tern in Dorset, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Savi's Warblers in Bedfordshire and Carmarthenshire, Hooded Mergansers in Angus and Shetland, and Bonaparte's Gulls in Worcestershire and Highland. Other highlights included Montagu's Harrier (Norfolk), Melodious Warbler (Sussex), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), Night Heron (Herefordshire), Purple Heron (Scilly); two Wrynecks, Honey Buzzards and Long-tailed Skuas (Dorset and Hampshire); three Woodchat Shrikes and Grey-headed Wagtails, four Red-necked Phalaropes, five Hoopoes, six Temminck's Stints, eight Golden Orioles, 11 migrant Dotterel, Little Bunting (Fair Isle), Ring-billed Gull (Perth & Kinross), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Black Brant (Essex), three Surf Scoters and five Glossy Ibises.
-  David Campbell, RBA