Thursday 30th April 2009
	The continued presence, all day, of the Crested Lark at Dungeness, Kent, meant that this once major blocker has finally fallen to the masses, despite it being incredibly mobile. Also, present for its third day, the male Collared Flycatcher continued to entertain on Portland, Dorset. A Pallid Swift lingered in Merseyside, but a Red-rumped Swallow in Surrey was only very brief. Another Red-rumped Swallow in Fife was seen early morning and again from mid evening, but once again went missing throughout the day. Other rarities seen today included White-billed Diver on the Western Isles, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, single Great White Egrets in Powys and Aberdeenshire and the Hooded Merganser in Dorset.
-  Will Soar, RBA