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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Saturday 5th April 2014  
  New discoveries included Red-rumped Swallows in East Yorkshire (2) and Dorset, White-billed Diver in Highland and Pacific Diver in Co Galway, whilst in Cambridgeshire the Baikal Teal relocated to the Ouse Washes.

Lingering rarities included Sora (Isles of Scilly), American Coot (Highland), Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (Kent), Red-flanked Bluetail (Shetland), Two-barred Crossbills (Norfolk [3], Greater Manchester, Kent and South Yorkshire), Dusky Warbler (Suffolk), King Eider (Fife) and White-billed Diver (Moray).

The best of the rest included four Hoopoes, three Glossy Ibises, two Ring-necked Ducks and Wryneck (East Yorkshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA