Saturday 12th May 2018
	A male Northern Harrier was on St Mary's (Isles of Scilly) for its second day, having originally been misidentified as a Montagu's Harrier. Elsewhere new discoveries included Great Reed Warbler (Suffolk), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Western Isles), Black Kite (Suffolk) and both Black-headed Wagtail and Black-winged Stilt (Norfolk). Lingering rarities included American White-winged Scoter (Lothian), American Bittern (Suffolk), King Eider (Aberdeenshire), Savi's Warblers (Norfolk and Suffolk), Laughing Gull (Scilly), Spotted Sandpiper (Somerset), Lesser Yellowlegs (Western Isles) and Iberian Chiffchaff (Wirral). A Serin (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Lancashire), Purple Heron (Hampshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), two Marsh Warblers, three Red-backed Shrikes, five Bluethroats and five Temminck's Stints were the best of the scarcities.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA