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Sunday 19th April 2015  
  New discoveries comprised five Bee-eaters in Kent and East Sussex, Black Kite and Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Red-rumped Swallows in Essex, Isles of Scilly and Dorset [2] and two Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire.

The Great Blue Heron lingered on Isles of Scilly and the Greater Yellowlegs reappeared in Hampshire, whilst White-billed Diver (Lothian), Black-winged Stilts (Kent [2] and West Sussex), King Eider (Aberdeenshire), Harlequin Duck (Highland), American Herring Gull (Co Cork) and Black Duck (Isles of Scilly) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Glossy Ibis (Cambridgeshire), Night Heron (Isles of Scilly), Cattle Egret (Kent), Golden Oriole (Co Kerry), two Richard's Pipits, two American Wigeons, three Wrynecks, three Woodchat Shrikes, four Dotterels and nine Hoopoes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA