Thursday 1st May 2014
	Today's new discoveries included an Eastern Subalpine Warbler at Portland Bill (Dorset), Citrine Wagtail at Virkie (Shetland), Bonaparte's Gull at Marsh Lane NR (West Midlands), Long-billed Dowitcher at Dungeness RSPB (Kent), Red-rumped Swallow at Tice's Meadow (Surrey) and flyby King Eider at Burghead (Moray). On Shetland both the Cretzschmar's Bunting and Caspian Stonechat lingered on Fair Isle, where a Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-spotted Bluethroat, three Wrynecks and a Great Grey Shrike were also recorded. Elsewhere a Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), White Stork (Berkshire), Spotted Crake (Oxfordshire), Ring-necked Duck (Shropshire), Serin (London) and four Glossy Ibises were also recorded today.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA