Tuesday 26th April 2011
	In Devon, the singing male Barolo Little Shearwater has returned to the Manx Shearwater colony on Lundy, where it has been present over a week. A singing male Iberian Chiffchaff in Staffordshire was also confirmed today, after it was first heard on Sunday near Rudyard. Other quality rarity discoveries today included a Subalpine Warbler in Weymouth and a Red-rumped Swallow on Portland, both Dorset and Black Kites in Kent (two) and Cornwall. A Snowy Owl is once again present at Grenitote, North Uist, Western Isles. Lingering rarities seen today included the Black Scoter in Northumberland, Rufous Turtle Dove in Oxfordshire, Savi's Warbler in Devon, single Bonaparte's Gulls in Devon and Western Isles, single Tawny Pipits in Lincolnshire and Scilly, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Ceredigion and Dorset and Blue-winged Teal in Carmarthenshire. Scarcity highlights included a White-spotted Bluethroat in Worcestershire, a Kentish Plover in County Wexford, a Purple Heron in Bedfordshire and a Woodchat Shrike in Yorkshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA