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Sunday 22nd April 2018  
  New discoveries included Savi's Warbler (Lancashire), Alpine Swift (East Sussex) and Red-rumped Swallows (East Yorkshire [up to three] and Kent).

The Laughing Gull (Isles of Scilly), American Bittern (Suffolk), Bonaparte's Gulls (Cornwall and Dorset), Savi's Warblers (Hampshire and Suffolk), American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), White-billed Divers (Moray [6] and Aberdeenshire [2]) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Northumberland) all lingered.

The best of the rest included Little Bunting (East Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), Purple Heron (Cornwall), Night Heron (Hampshire), Shorelark (Suffolk), two Wrynecks, two Golden Orioles, four Hoopoes and four Dotterels.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA