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Sunday 10th June 2018  
  The highlight of the day was a Marsh Sandpiper discovered in Hampshire at Pennington Marshes in the early morning and then present throughout the day. On Anglesey a King Eider was found on the Alaw Estuary.

Lingering rarities comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still in Argyll, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Black Kite on the Shetland Isles and a territorial Iberian Chiffchaff was still in North Yorkshire

Scarcities included Red-breasted Flycatcher (Isle of Man), Serin (Lincolnshire), Hoopoe (Derbyshire), Red-backed Shrike (Norfolk), Montagu's Harrier (East Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Cattle Egret (Cambridgeshire), two each of both Golden Oriole and Glossy Ibis, three Marsh Warblers and a total of 11 Rose-coloured Starlings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA