Sunday 18th July 2010
	Seawatching in County Cork produced the day’s highlights where a Madeiran Petrel, 10 Wilson's Petrels, seven Balearic Shearwaters and both Long-tailed and Pomarine Skua all passed Galley Head. There is currently just one accepted record of Madeiran Petrel from Ireland (found dead in County Mayo on 18th October 1931), whilst at least four claims of this species have been made in Britain since 2007. Two White-rumped Sandpipers were discovered together in Norfolk at Breydon Water, whilst elsewhere lingering rarities comprised the White-tailed Plover still in Kent, Terek Sandpiper in County Kerry, Little Bittern in Somerset, King Eider in North Yorkshire, Laughing Gull in County Antrim, Glossy Ibis in County Wexford and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk. Although the Franklin's Gull showed briefly in Staffordshire at Chasewater, it did not join the roost there later in the day. Scarcities included Purple Heron and Great White Egret together in Kent, two Surf Scoters together in Aberdeenshire and a Glaucous Gull in County Galway. In Cornwall 64 Balearic Shearwaters flew past Porthgwarra, where a possible Yelkouan Shearwater was again logged.
-  Chris Batty, RBA