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Saturday 7th May 2016  
  The first twitchable Alpine Accentor since 2004 was discovered this evening at Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire. A Pied-billed Grebe was on Loch Feorlin, Argyll for its second day. It or another was present at the same site for a week in 2014.

Other new discoveries today included a singing male Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, a Pallid Harrier in Lancashire, two Whiskered Terns in both Hampshire and Cheshire, single Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk and Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, two Black Kites in Kent and another in Hampshire, single Bee-eaters in Norfolk and Yorkshire and White-billed Diver in Shetland.

Lingering rarity highlights included the Western Rufous Turtle Dove in Kent, Snowy Owl, Iberian Chiffchaff and Red-rumped Swallow in the Isles of Scilly, Red-footed Falcon in Dorset, King Eider in Highland and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA