Saturday 26th July 2008
	Despite being an otherwise fairly quiet day, again, several rarities were either seen or reported for the first time. A Red-footed Falcon was present over Queensferry, Lothian, for a few minutes this evening before continuing south, and a Black Stork was seen over Witcham, Cambridgeshire for a few minutes before drifting north-west. What is probably the returning adult Long-billed Dowitcher was found at Shannon Airport Lagoon, County Clare, with the Glossy Ibis in the same county, still at Ennis. Other rarities included Lesser Scaup in Clyde, at Balgray Reservoir, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, at Chew Valley Lake, where the controversial large white-headed gull species was also present and the White-rumped Sandpiper was still in Norfolk, briefly at Cley NWT. Late news for yesterday concerned the Caspian Tern again, this time at Kirkby on Bain Gravel-pits, Lincolnshire, briefly in the evening.
-  Will Soar, RBA