Thursday 10th May 2018
	Rarities noted today were the Snowy Owl again in Lincolnshire at Freiston Shore, territorial American Bittern and Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Iberian Chiffchaff on the Wirral, Laughing Gull on the Isles of Scilly, Lesser Yellowlegs and White-billed Diver on the Western Isles, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and two Black-winged Stilts in Essex. In Kent both Red-rumped Swallow and Black Kite flew over during the morning. Scarcities included Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Wryneck (Norfolk), Cattle Egret (Cheshire), Surf Scoter and Grey-headed Wagtail (Lothian), two each of Temminck's Stint and Ring-necked Duck, four Glossy Ibises, six migrant Dotterel, and 16 Long-tailed Skuas passed the Western Isles.
-  Chris Batty, RBA