Monday 7th May 2012
	For the second time this Bank Holiday weekend a Mega lark was discovered in Kent - following hot on the heels of Saturday's Calandra Lark at Sandwich Bay, a Crested Lark arrived at Dungeness this afternoon. This is the third site record, following birds in 1975 and 2009. Elsewhere new discoveries comprised Red-rumped Swallows in Kent, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk and two Black-winged Stilts in Suffolk. Lingering rarities included Squacco Heron in Somerset, Black-winged Stilts in Kent (2) and Lincolnshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Red-rumped Swallow in Isles of Scilly and White-billed Diver on Orkney. In Ireland the American Golden Plover lingered in Co Wexford. In East Yorkshire the possible Atlas Flycatcher remained at Flamborough Head.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA