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Saturday 14th April 2018  
  A male Black-headed Wagtail was found at Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire this evening. Two Red-rumped Swallows were seen on The Lizard, Cornwall, with two Alpine Swifts still on the headland and a new bird at Porthleven, a Black-winged Stilt was at Welney WWT, Norfolk, the Cambridgeshire Bonaparte's Gull was relocated at Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB and four White-billed Divers were off Lewis, Western Isles.

Lingering rarities included the American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Horned Lark in Surrey, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Black-winged Stilt in Kent, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA