Monday 23rd April 2018
	New discoveries included Pallid Harrier (Norfolk), Alpine Swifts (Essex, Norfolk and West Yorkshire), Black-winged Stilts (Norfolk and West Sussex), Snowy Owl (Orkney), two Red-rumped Swallows (Lincolnshire) and Arctic Redpoll (Highland). Lingering rarities comprised American Bittern (Suffolk), Laughing Gull (Isles of Scilly), Savi's Warblers (Lancashire and Suffolk), Red-rumped Swallow (East Yorkshire), Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset), and six White-billed Divers (Aberdeenshire). The best of the rest included Yellow-browed Warbler (Suffolk), Wryneck (Kent), Snow Goose (Cheshire), Purple Heron (Cornwall), Golden Oriole (Isles of Scilly), Hoopoe (East Sussex) and eight Dotterels.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA