Sunday 4th May 2025
	The highlight of the day was an adult Ross's Gull passing Marske, Cleveland, whilst the influx of Red-footed Falcons continued with at total of 21 today comprising 10 in Suffolk (including seven together), two each in Cambridgeshire, County Clare, and County Wexford, and singles in Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Somerset, and East Sussex. Rarities elsewhere were three White-winged Scoters still in Fife, Black Stork again in Hampshire, Pacific Diver again in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper and Great Reed Warbler both still in Cambridgeshire, Blue-winged Teal in London, Savi's Warbler in Cornwall, two Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, two Lesser Scaups together on the Mersey Estuary on the Cheshire/Merseysde border, Red-rumped Swallow in the Isles of Scilly, and Black Kites in Cornwall, Kent, and Suffolk. Significant late news for yesterday concerned a Marsh Sandpiper at Clogheen Marsh, County Cork.
-  Chris Batty, RBA