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Friday 29th April 2016  
  Lingering rarities still present today included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Shropshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall and single White-billed Divers in Moray and the Western Isles.

Scarcity highlights included singles of Hoopoe, Serin, Wryneck, Great Grey Shrike, Purple Heron, Spotted Crake, American Golden Plover, Montagu's Harrier, Pomarine Skua and Balearic Shearwater, two Roseate Terns, five Glaucous Gulls, five Iceland Gulls, five Great White Egrets, seven Dotterel and 11 Glossy Ibises.
Will Soar, RBA
Tuesday 26th April 2016  
  Rarities today comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Isles of Scilly, territorial Iberian Chiffchaffs still in Kent, Scilly and Shropshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford, single Long-billed Dowitchers in both Hampshire and Northumberland, and on the Western Isles a new Black Kite - on Lewis - and a lingering White-billed Diver.

Scarcities included Kentish Plover (Greater Manchester), Surf Scoter (North Yorkshire), Montagu's Harrier (Isles of Scilly), Dotterel (South Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting (Shetland Isles), two each of Purple Heron (together in Devon), Wryneck (together in Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard and Spotted Crake, and three of Hoopoe, Glossy Ibis and Great Grey Shrike.
Chris Batty, RBA
Sunday 24th April 2016  
  Rarities discovered today comprised an Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Pembrokeshire on Skokholm, an Olive-backed Pipit in Lothian at Seacliff, and a pair of Black-winged Stilts in Buckinghsmahire at Old Wolverton.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Snowy Owl on the Isles of Scilly, Iberian Chiffchaffs in both Kent and Shropshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Hampshire and Northumberland, King Eider in Highland, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and two White-billed Divers together on the Western Isles.

Scarcities included Common Rosefinch (East Yorkshire), Grey Phalarope (Surrey), Montagu's Harrier (Isles of Scilly), Cattle Egret (Clyde), Yellow-browed Warbler (Suffolk), Dotterel (South Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (County Donegal), two Kentish Plovers (together in Cornwall), two Purple Herons (together in Devon), two Spotted Crakes, three Wrynecks, four Hoopoes and six Glossy Ibises.
Chris Batty, RBA
Thursday 21st April 2016  
  The annual gathering of White-billed Divers off Portsoy, Aberdeenshire continues, with at least seven birds offshore today, whilst other singletons continued to linger off Burghead (Moray), Herston (Orkney) and Port Skigersta (Western Isles).

Other lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Shropshire, both American Herring Gulls in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, single King Eiders in Fife and Highland and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan.
Will Soar, RBA
Wednesday 20th April 2016  
  A singing Iberian Chiffchaff was found at Reculver, Kent today, whilst late news from Saturday concerned a drake Bufflehead seen off Oban harbour, Argyll.

Lingering rarities seen today included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Shropshire, American Herring Gull and two White-billed Divers in the Western Isles, King Eider in Highland and Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland.

Scarcity highlights included singles of Hoopoe, Great Grey Shrike, Rough-legged Buzzard, Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal and Black Brant and two each of Richard's Pipit, Shorelark, Cattle Egret and Glossy Ibis.
Will Soar, RBA
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