Friday 23rd July 2010
	Lingering rarities included the King Eider in North Yorkshire, American Herring Gull in Co Kerry, Glossy Ibis in Co Wexford and Laughing Gull in Co Antrim whilst in Norfolk a probable Wilson's Petrel was observed off Sheringham and Cley. In Somerset a couple of sightings of a juvenile Little Bittern at Ham Wall RSPB confirmed that the species has successfully bred in Britain for the first time since 1984,  when a pair raised three young at Potteric Carr YWT (South Yorkshire). In Angus a Surf Scoter was in Lunan Bay, a Pectoral Sandpiper was at Titchwell RSPB (Norfolk) and in Kent at least one Purple Heron and the Great White Egret lingered at Dungeness RSPB.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA