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Sunday 25th May 2014  
  In Kent, a pale Booted Eagle flew north over Worth Marsh early afternoon. Further north, several quality rarities were discovered, the best being a Broad-billed Sandpiper at Nosterfield NR, Yorkshire, with a male Little Bittern at Elton Reservoir, Manchester coming a close second. A female Citrine Wagtail spent the afternoon on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, whilst warblers included a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Long Nab, Yorkshire, a Great Reed Warbler at Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire and a Western Subalpine Warbler at Esha Ness, Shetland, with a male Black-headed Wagtail and a Red-rumped Swallow also on the archipelago, on Fetlar and Mainland respectively.

A White-billed Diver was in Dunnet Bay, Highland and another flew past Lossiemouth, Moray, whilst new or relocating Bee-eaters were seen in Yorkshire (five), Cambridgeshire (five) and Kent (three).

Lingering rarity highlights included the Caspian Stonechat and Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, Savi's Warbler in Gwent, four Bee-eaters in Kent, Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and Sussex (two), King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Two-barred Crossbills in Kent and Norfolk.
-  Will Soar, RBA