Sunday 20th July 2008
	A few more rarities were discovered today, with the best being a superb male Two-barred Crossbill at Evie, Orkney this morning, and an adult Semipalmated Sandpiper at Balranald, Western Isles. A Black Kite was seen near Corby Glen, Lincolnshire mid-morning. Lingering rarities included the adult White-rumped Sandpiper at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, White-winged Black Tern at Rye Harbour NR, East Sussex and Glossy Ibis at Marshside RSPB, Merseyside. The King Eider was seen again at Tacumshin, County Wexford, and the Hooded Merganser remained in Weymouth, Dorset. Seabirds continued to be seen in small numbers, the best being two Cory's Shearwaters in Aberdeenshire, a Sabine's Gull in County Durham, along with a few Pomarine Skuas, Balearic Shearwaters and good numbers of Roseate Terns.
-  Will Soar, RBA