Sunday 4th May 2008
	Another very busy day, with more classic spring rarities and plenty of scarcities to go with them. New Subalpine Warblers were in Cornwall and County Waterford, two Red-rumped Swallows were in Kent, and another was in Greater Manchester, the first Black Stork of the year flew over Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire and an adult Whiskered Tern was at Kenfig Pool NNR, Glamorgan, joining the Black-winged Stilt. The other two pairs of stilts remained in Kent and Cheshire. A first-summer American Golden Plover was seen at Exminster Marshes RSPB, Devon although it was very mobile, with one of the eleven new Temminck's Stints around the country at the same site. Just one Bee-eater was seen today, but this bird was seen in West Midlands, a good record for the county. Lingering rarities included Pallid Swift on Isles of Scilly (where there was also a flock of five Golden Orioles and a Woodchat Shrike), White-billed Diver on Orkney, and Ross's Gull in Lancashire. Pomarine Skua passage continued, with large numbers seen along the south coast, but today will likely be remembered for the large arrival of Black Terns, mainly into the Midlands and East Anglia. The easterly winds also left good numbers of arctic waders at inland sites.
-  Will Soar, RBA