Thursday 5th May 2022
	The run of Savi’s Warblers continued with a bird found at Hickling Broad, Norfolk. Elsewhere a Gull-billed Tern made a brief appearance on Westray, Orkney. A Red-rumped Swallow was noted in Northumberland, Kentish Plover in Kent and single Black Kite records came from Kent and Hampshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Greater Sand Plover in County Waterford, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, King Eider in Lothian, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Ferruginous Duck in Worcestershire, and White-billed Divers in Moray and Shetland, Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Iberian Chiffchaff in London and Bonaparte’s Gull in County Wexford. Scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Western Isles), Woodchat Shrike (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Night Heron (Devon), Honey Buzzard (Surrey), 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, Ring-necked Duck, 5 migrant Dotterel, and a total of 15 Glossy Ibises.
-  Toby Carter, RBA