Wednesday 13th April 2011
	New rarities discovered today comprised an Iberian Chiffchaff in Norfolk at Titchwell, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Cornwall at Hayle, and Devon at the Otter Estuary, a White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles at South Nesting, two Red-rumped Swallows together in Kent at Kingsdown, and two Bee-eaters together in East Yorkshire at Spurn. Lingering rarities included the Rufous Turtle Dove still in Oxfordshire, a Bee-eater on the Isles of Scilly, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrikes in Essex, Glamorgan and the Isles of Scilly, Night Heron in Essex, Purple Herons on both Cornwall and East Yorkshire, Serin on the Isle of Wight, Spotted Crake in Lancashire, Wryneck in Suffolk, and Hoopoes in Devon, Hampshire, Highland and the Western Isles, whilst a White-tailed Eagle was seen in both Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire.
-  Chris Batty, RBA