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Saturday 12th April 2014  
  The highlight today was the reappearance of the Crag Martin in East Yorkshire at Flamborough Head; where it showed well from mid afternoon into the evening.

Elsewhere, the pair of Black-winged Stilts present yesterday in Essex had relocated overnight to Wareham, Dorset, whilst a record-breaking flock of 10 Black-winged Stilts arrived on the Isle of Wight at Brading Marshes. In Norfolk a Red-rumped Swallow visited Felbrigg Hall during the evening, and in Borders a White-billed Diver was located at St Abbs.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Coot and Franklin's Gull in Highland, Pied-billed Grebe on the Western Isles, Tawny Pipit in East Yorkshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, Dusky Warbler in Suffolk, Two-barred Crossbills in Greater Manchester and Norfolk (3), Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, single King Eiders in County Donegal, Fife and Lothian, and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall.

Scarcities included Bluethroat (Herefordshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (Worcestershire), Shorelark (Kent), Cattle Egret (Cambridgeshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), Serin (East Yorkshire (2) and Western Isles), Hoopoe (Kent and Somerset), Dotterel (Conwy (2) and Lancashire), Ring-necked Duck (Cambridgeshire (2) and Essex).
Chris Batty, RBA
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