Monday 4th June 2018
	New discoveries today included an albatross species off Toe Head, County Cork, a Paddyfield Warbler on Blakeney Point, Norfolk (where there was no sign of the Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler), a Red-footed Falcon at Durlston, Dorset, a Black-winged Stilt at Oare and five Bee-eaters at Dungeness, both Kent, a Black Kite near Balbriggan, County Dublin and a White-billed Diver off Lewis, Western Isles. Lingering rarities included just the Iberian Chiffchaff in Cornwall and Bee-eater in the Isles of Scilly. Scarcity highlights included a Golden Oriole, a White-spotted Bluethroat, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Marsh Warblers, seven Rose-coloured Starlings, a Honey Buzzard, a Glossy Ibis, a Pomarine Skua, an American Wigeon, a Ring-necked Duck, a Ring-billed Gull, a Glaucous Gull and two Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA