Thursday 24th May 2018
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Broad-billed Sandpiper in East Sussex at Rye Harbour. Elsewhere, a Greenish Warbler sang throughout the day in Norfolk at Titchwell, a Black Kite flew over Yell, Shetland Isles, Red-rumped Swallows were in Kent at Kingsdown (2) and Highland at Armadale, and the first Wilson's Petrel of the summer was at sea off Seven Heads, County Cork. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the elusive Gull-billed Tern in Cheshire, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Black Duck in Highland, Black-winged Stilt in Cambridgeshire, single Bee-eaters in both Kent and the Isles of Scilly and Iberian Chiffchaffs in North Yorkshire and Wirral (2). Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Devon), Rose-coloured Starling and Marsh Warbler (East Yorkshire), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Fife), Icterine Warbler (Lincolnshire), White-winged Black Tern (Norfolk), American Golden Plover (County Wexford), American Wigeon (Northumberland, Ring-necked Duck (Western Isles) and Long-tailed Skua (Kent), two each of both Common Rosefinch and Red-backed Shrike, three of Glossy Ibis and Dotterel, four Grey-headed Wagtails and a total of 10 Temminck's Stints.
-  Chris Batty, RBA