Monday 4th April 2011
	New discoveries came in the form of a Black Stork over Lowestoft (Suffolk), Red-rumped Swallow at Swineham (Dorset), Bonaparte's Gull on Tiree (Argyll) and Alpine Swifts at Ramsey (Isle of Man) and Harrogate (North Yorkshire). Lingering rarities included Short-toed Treecreeper (Suffolk), Red-flanked Bluetail (Dorset), Lesser Scaup (Gloucestershire), Ferruginous Duck (Wiltshire) and Rufous Turtle Dove (Oxfordshire). In Ireland the Stejneger's Scoter lingered off Rossbeigh (Co Kerry). The best of the scarcities seen today were White-tailed Eagle in Norfolk/ Suffolk, Spotted Crake in Warwickshire, Short-toed Lark in Dorset, Rose-coloured Starling in Cornwall, Yellow-browed Warbler in East Yorkshire, Serin in Kent, Woodchat Shrike and Purple Heron on Isles of Scilly and Hoopoes in Dorset, Gwynedd, Hampshire, Kent and Isles of Scilly.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA