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Sunday 13th April 2014  
  Once again today the Crag Martin at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire, proved the highlight, although it was only present in the early morning. The Tawny Pipit also remained at Flamborough Head, whilst the first Iberian Chiffchaff of the spring was discovered down the coast at Grimston. In Dorset the pair of Black-winged Stilts continued at Wareham, as did the Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk, with another Red-rumped Swallow a new arrival at Rainton Meadows, County Durham.

Rarities elsewhere comprised the American Coot still in Highland, both Blue-winged Teal and White-billed Diver again on the Orkney Isles, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler still in Kent, Dusky Warblers in both Suffolk and West Midlands, Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, and Two-barred Crossbills in Greater Manchester, Kent, Norfolk (4) and South Yorkshire (3).

Scarcities included Cattle Egret (Cambridgeshire), Spotted Crake (Isles of Scilly), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), White-tailed Eagle (Norfolk), Serin (Lincolnshire and Western Isles), Hoopoe (Kent and West Yorkshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (Somerset and Worcestershire), four Glossy Ibises and five migrant Dotterel.
Chris Batty, RBA
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