Friday 18th May 2018
	New discoveries today included a female Subalpine Warbler on Tory Island, County Donegal, two Bee-eaters over Lizard and a Black Kite over Sancreed, both Cornwall, a Bee-eater at Sandwich Bay, Kent, a Tawny Pipit at Soar, Devon, a Lesser Scaup at Lower Farm GPs, Berkshire and a Black-winged Stilt at Ferry Meadows Country Park, Cambridgeshire. Lingering rarities included the Song Sparrow on Fair Isle, Shetland, Iberian Chiffchaff at Thurstaston, Wirral, Black-winged Stilt at Rutland, Leicestershire and the Forster's Tern at Tacumshin, County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Common Rosefinch, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Hoopoe, a Golden Oriole, a Marsh Warbler, a Serin, three Red-backed Shrikes, a Spotted Crake, a White-winged Black Tern, a Purple Heron, two Glossy Ibises, seven Long-tailed Skuas, two Glaucous Gulls, four Iceland Gulls, an American Wigeon, two Ring-necked Ducks, two Honey Buzzards, a Dotterel and three Temminck's Stints.
-  Will Soar, RBA