Tuesday 17th May 2022
	Once again the weather brought Fennoscandia migrants with a River Warbler, Rustic Bunting, and Red-breasted Flycatcher all new on Out Skerries, Shetland Isles, with further Rustic Buntings in Fife on the Isle of May, and Shetland on Noss, Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk, Red-backed Shrike on Fair Isle, two each of both Icterine Warbler and Grey-headed Wagtail, four Golden Orioles, six Temminck's Stints, and a total of 15 Bluethroats. Other discoveries comprised Squacco Herons in Cambridgeshire at Smithey Fen and Dorset at Lodmoor, a Gull-billed Tern in County Cork at Harper's Island, Pallid Harrier in Highland at Balnakeil, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Pembrokeshire on Skokholm, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon at Exmouth, Black Kite in County Kerry at Skellig Michael, and Kentish Plovers in Lothian at Aberlady Bay and Lincolnshire at Tetney Marshes. Continuing rarities comprised the Black-browed Albatross still in East Yorkshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Ferruginous Duck in North Yorkshire, and Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk (4), Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire (2). Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Devon), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Dorset), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Kumlien's Gull (Western Isles), two each of Short-toed Lark, Purple Heron, and Pectoral Sandpiper, three of Green-winged Teal and Honey Buzzard, and a total of 10 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA