Tuesday 17th April 2012
	The highlight of the day was possibly the first Iberian Chiffchaff for Sussex, with a singing male at Apuldram, near Fishbourne. Despite singing perfectly mid afternoon, doubt set in during the evening when a slightly aberrant Common Chiffchaff was photographed and sound-recorded; the 'two-bird theory' is a possibly explanation. The Thayer's Gull reappeared in Lincolnshire early morning only, with other lingering rarities including Greater Yellowlegs and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Black-winged Stilts in Dorset and Lincolnshire, two Long-billed Dowitchers and a Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Glossy Ibises in Cleveland and the Western Isles and Little Bunting in Devon.
-  Will Soar, RBA