Saturday 29th May 2021
	Fair Isle's second Calandra Lark of the year was found today, while a Sardinian Warbler appeared at Sumburgh on Mainland Shetland. Following a nocmig report, the spring's first sight record of Great Spotted Cuckoo was at Brownstown Head in Co.Waterford today. A Blyth's Reed Warbler was found singing in urban Brighton. The Double-crested Cormorant in Co.Kerry, American Herring Gull in Cornwall and Collared Pratincole in Kent were still present, as were the Iberian Chiffchaff and two Black-winged Stilts in Suffolk, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in East Yorkshire, Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle and the Red-rumped Swallow on Scilly. Six Bee-eaters were logged today. Other highlights today included American Golden Plover (Devon), three Common Rosefinches, Bluethroat (East Yorkshire), five Purple Herons, seven Golden Orioles, two Woodchat Shrikes, four Red-backed Shrikes, six Icterine Warblers, Serin (Cornwall), Wryneck (Fair Isle), Sabine's Gull (Somerset), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cornwall), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Ring-necked Duck (Shetland) and four Glossy Ibises.
-  David Campbell, RBA