Saturday 14th May 2022
	The highlight of the day was a Northern Brown Shrike in East Yorkshire at Spurn whilst other discoveries included a Spotted Sandpiper in Cheshire at Doddington Pool, a Western Subalpine Warbler off the Isle of Man on Calf of Man, Red-footed Falcon in Somerset at Greylake, now two Azorean Yellow-legged Gulls together on The Mullet, County Mayo, whilst a Black Kite in Suffolk, Bee-eater in Lancashire, and Red-rumped Swallows in both Northumberland and East Sussex were all brief encounters. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Black Duck in County Mayo, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Spotted Sandpiper in Greater Manchester, Red-breasted Goose, Dusky Warbler, and two Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Lesser Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, Red-footed Falcon in Berkshire, and Red-rumped Swallows in Lincolnshire and the Orkney Isles. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Somerset), Wryneck (County Wexford), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Green-winged Teal (Highland), two Hoopoes, four each of migrant Dotterel and Grey-headed Wagtail, five of Pectoral Sandpiper and Honey Buzzard, six Temminck's Stints, seven Golden Orioles, 13 Long-tailed Skuas, and a total of 19 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA