Monday 28th May 2018
	New discoveries comprised Black-headed Bunting (Dorset), Baird's Sandpiper (Cornwall), Black Stork (East Yorkshire), Paddyfield Warbler (Shetland), Bee-eaters (Moray [5+] and Orkney [2]), Red-footed Falcon (Somerset) and Red-rumped Swallow (Suffolk). In Highland a Subalpine Warbler photographed at Duncansby Head appeared to be a Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler, but it was not heard to call. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Red-footed Falcon and White-rumped Sandpiper (Co Wexford), Iberian Chiffchaffs (Cornwall [2], North Yorkshire and Wirral), Greenish Warbler (Fife), Black Duck (Highland), Black-winged Stilt (Lincolnshire) and Bee-eater (Isles of Scilly). The best of the rest included Short-toed Lark (Fife), Kentish Plover (Somerset), Purple Heron (Suffolk), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Grey-headed Wagtail (Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Red-necked Phalarope (Gloucestershire), two each of Hoopoe, Dotterel and Golden Oriole, three Glossy Ibises, five Temminck's Stints, six Common Rosefinches, eight Marsh Warblers, nice Rose-coloured Starlings and 16 Red-backed Shrikes.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA