Saturday 13th April 2024
	Rarities discovered today comprised a Pallid Swift on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, a Red-rumped Swallow in County Cork at Lough Clubir, a Black-winged Stilt in County Kerry at Smerwick Harbour, and Black Kites briefly in both Cambridgeshire and East Sussex. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Myrtle Warbler in Ayrshire, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Iberian Chiffchaff on the Isles of Scilly, Western Subalpine Warbler in County Wexford, Pallid Harrier in Carmarthenshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Norfolk and East Sussex, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Ducks in Kent and Warwickshire, two White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire, and in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh Red-breasted Goose, Bonaparte's Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Black-winged Stilt.
-  Chris Batty, RBA