Monday 13th July 2009
	On Orkney, the second-summer Franklin's Gull was present for its second day at Holm, Mainland. Other lingering rarities included the male River Warbler in Highland, which appears to be becoming more elusive. Further south, the White-winged Black Tern remained at Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire, and the Great White Egret was still at Hen Reedbeds NR, Suffolk. Scarcities included the Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Norfolk, two Sabine's Gulls off the Isles of Scilly and a Surf Scoter in Aberdeenshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA