Friday 27th April 2018
	New discoveries comprised a Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Red-rumped Swallow in Lincolnshire and Snowy Owl on Orkney, whilst Bonaparte's Gull (Dorset), Savi's Warblers (Hampshire and Suffolk), American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), White-billed Diver (Moray), Black-winged Stilt (Norfolk), Ferruginous Duck (Powys) and American Bittern (Suffolk) all lingered. The best of the rest included Hoopoe (Isle of Man), Purple Heron (East Yorkshire) and Golden Orioles (Isles of Scilly and Dorset).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA