Friday 4th May 2018
	New discoveries included a Thrush Nightingale on Isle of May (Fife) and a orange-billed tern species off Mousehole (Cornwall). Rarity highlights included Green Heron (Pembrokeshire), American Bittern (Suffolk), American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Snowy Owl (Lincolnshire), Iberian Chiffchaffs (Cornwall and Wirral), Bonaparte's Gull (Devon and Dorset), Savi's Warbler (Suffolk), Long-billed Dowitcher (Northumberland), White-billed Divers (Aberdeenshire, Moray and Western Isles), King Eider (Aberdeenshire) and Black-winged Stilt (Cambridgeshire). The best of the rest included Woodchat Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), Wryneck (Northamptonshire), two Serins, four Purple Herons and 16 Dotterels.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA