This summary of unchecked reports covers early April to early May 2018.

Headlines Perhaps surprising (although not unprecedented – see April 2017), it was Nearctic migrants that led the way during April, with American Bittern in Suffolk (see plate 201), Green Heron in Pembrokeshire, Killdeer in Shetland, Belted Kingfisher and Laughing Gull in Scilly and Blue-winged Teal in the Outer Hebrides. So

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