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Saturday 17th July 2010  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset at Dunster. Elsewhere, a Baird's Sandpiper was reported in County Donegal at Blanket Nook, whilst brief encounters included a Caspian Tern in Suffolk, an Alpine Swift in Northamptonshire and a Black Kite in Cheshire. Off the Isles of Scilly two Wilson's Petrels were seen from an evening pelagic.

Lingering rarities comprised the White-tailed Plover in Kent, Franklin's Gull in Staffordshire, Terek Sandpiper in County Kerry, Little Bittern in Somerset, King Eider in North Yorkshire, Laughing Gull in County Antrim and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk, where the Baltic Gull showed again.

Scarcities included three each of Pectoral Sandpiper and Great White Egret, two each of Purple Heron and Caspian Gull and single Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Norfolk), Ring-necked Duck (Fife) and Cory's Shearwater (East Yorkshire).
Chris Batty, RBA
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