Saturday 19th May 2018
	The highlight of the day was the popular Terek Sandpiper in Sussex, present for its second day at Rye Harbour NR. Other new discoveries included singing Iberian Chiffchaffs at Otley, North Yorkshire and Hayle, Cornwall, a Red-footed Falcon at Worth and a Bee-eater at Dungeness, both Kent, single Alpine Swifts over Skomer, Pembrokeshire and Skewjack, Cornwall, single Red-rumped Swallows over The Naze, Essex and Ventnor Downs, Isle of Wight, single Black Kites over The Lizard, Cornwall and Whitehaven, Cumbria and a White-billed Diver at Talmine, Highland. Lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Wirral, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Black-winged Stilt in Leicestershire, Forster's Tern in County Wexford and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Red-spotted Bluethroat, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, an Icterine Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, a Serin, three Red-backed Shrikes, a Red-necked Phalarope, three Dotterel, five Temminck's Stints, a White Stork, two Glossy Ibises, a Ring-necked Duck, two Green-winged Teals, a Kumlien's Gull, two Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA