Monday 16th May 2022
	Conducive weather brought migrants bound for Scandinavia with a Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk at Snettisham, Citrine Wagtails briefly in Norfolk and East Yorkshire, at total of 11 Red-spotted Bluethroats, four Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, and Lapland Bunting on the Shetland Isles, Wryneck on the Orkney Isles, five Grey-headed Wagtails, eight Golden Orioles, and 11 Temminck's Stints. Other discoveries included a Spanish Wagtail and Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire at Spurn, Ferruginous Duck in North Yorkshire at Castle Howard, two Black-winged Stilts in South Yorkshire at Potteric Carr, Black Kites in Argyll and Kent, Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk, White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, and Bee-eaters in both Kent and Suffolk (2). Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Red-footed Falcon in Berkshire, and Black-winged Stilts in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk (4). Scarcities included Serin (County Wexford), Purple Heron and Black Brant (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe and Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Norfolk), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland), Honey Buzzard (Lincolnshire), three Pectoral Sandpipers, four Green-winged Teals, and 13 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA