Monday 26th June 2006
	Another quiet day for most regions although an evening pelagic boat trip off Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly revealed five Wilson's Petrels together with a further individual noted before the boat had passed St Agnes! This inshore bird later being watched from The Garrison, St Mary's. Further pelagics are planned for the coming weekend. Elsewhere a Bee-eater on Unst was presumably one of the birds noted earlier in the month on Yell or Fair Isle. Although the pair of Black-winged Stilts remain at Martin Mere, Lancashire their breeding attempt has been unsuccessful; sadly none of the four eggs have hatched.
-  Chris Batty, RBA