Saturday 5th May 2018
	Highlight of the day was a female Little Bittern at Budle Bay, Northumberland, which showed very well in Waren Burn and is present for its second day. New discoveries today included an Iberian Chiffchaff at Polgigga, Cornwall, a Savi's Warbler at Strumpshaw, Norfolk, a Red-rumped Swallow at Portland, Dorset and a Black-winged Stilt at Rutland Water, Leicestershire. Lingering rarities included the Green Heron in Pembrokeshire, American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, American White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Snowy Owl in Lincolnshire, single Iberian Chiffchaffs in Wirral and Cornwall, single Bonaparte's Gulls in Devon and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Black Kite in Orkney, White-billed Diver in County Donegal and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, a Serin, a Wryneck, three Purple Herons, four Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Honey Buzzards, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 22 Dotterel and 14 Pomarine Skuas.
-  Will Soar, RBA