Tuesday 2nd May 2023
	The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Grey-headed Lapwing in the Northumberland where it remained all day between Low Newton-by-the-Sea and Long Nanny. Discoveries today included a Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire at Spurn and then later at Holmpton, a Bonaparte's Gull on the Shetland Isles on Mainland at Loch of Hillwell, and a Kentish Plover in Essex at The Naze. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Stejneger's Scoter and White-winged Scoter still together in Fife, Pine Bunting still on the Orkney Isles, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Hooded Merganser in Cumbria, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cheshire and Norfolk, White-billed Diver in Moray, two Ferruginous Ducks together in Norfolk, and Black-winged Stilts in Aberdeenshire, East Sussex, Lincolnshire (3), and Suffolk (3). Scarcities included Golden Oriole (Cornwall), Serin (Dorset), Honey Buzzard (Leicestershire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Essex), Temminck's Stint (East Yorkshire), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall and Suffolk), American Wigeon (Fife), two Glossy Ibises, three of Surf Scoter, Ring-necked Duck, and Yellow-browed Warbler, five Night Herons, and a total of seven Hoopoes.
-  Chris Batty, RBA