Wednesday 25th April 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Killdeer on the Shetland Isles on Foula. Elsewhere new rarities were represented by a Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire and Hornsea Mere and a brief Black Kite in Cambridgeshire at Abbotsley. Lingering rarities comprised the American Bittern still in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, both Pallid Harrier and Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, Savi's Warblers in both Hampshire and Lancashire, Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset, King Eider and three White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire, Black-winged Stilt in West Sussex, Ferruginous Duck in Powys and White-billed Diver in Moray. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Cornwall and East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Cornwall and Isle of Wight), Ring-necked Duck (Cleveland and County Kerry), Glossy Ibis (Gloucestershire and County Wexford), American Wigeon (Shetland Isles), Surf Scoter (Lothian) and Cattle Egret (Kent).
-  Chris Batty, RBA