Friday 15th April 2011
	The highlight of the day was the arrival of two Black-winged Stilts at Martin Mere, Lancashire,where they remained throughout the day. Elsewhere, a singing Savi's Warbler was located in Hampshire at Farlington Marshes, a Red-rumped Swallow moved through Spurn, East Yorkshire, and a Bee-eater flew over Warmingham, Cheshire. Lingering rarities comprised the Black Scoter still in Northumberland, Rufous Turtle Dove in Oxfordshire, Black Stork in Hampshire, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in Aberdeenshire, Cornwall and Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, two Bee-eaters on the Isles of Scilly, and Red-breasted Goose in Perth and Kinross. Scarcities included Night Heron in Essex, Purple Herons in Cornwall (2), East Sussex and East Yorkshire, Woodchat Shrikes in County Cork and the Isles of Scilly (2), Hoopoes in Anglesey, Devon and the Isles of Scilly (2), Wryneck in Staffordshire, and the territorial White-spotted Bluethroat still in Norfolk.
-  Chris Batty, RBA