Saturday 23rd April 2016
	Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bonelli's warbler species in Cornwall; the bird was trapped and ringed in Nanjizal Valley, and although it was not heard to call, the bird's biometrics suggested Eastern Bonelli's Warbler. Unfortunately the bird was not seen after it's release in nearby Polgigga. Elsewhere rarity highlights comprised Iberian Chiffchaffs in Kent and Shropshire, Snowy Owl on Isles of Scilly, Long-billed Dowitchers in Hampshire and Northumberland, White-billed Diver in Moray, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Gwent, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Black Kite in East Sussex and Bonaparte's Gull in Co Wexford. The best of the rest included Purple Heron (Devon), Wryneck (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), two Kentish Plovers (Cornwall), three Dotterels, three Hoopoes and 8 Glossy Ibises.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA