Friday 1st July 2011
	In Aberdeenshire the drake Black Scoter was found again in the scoter flock off Murcar Golf Course. Three Bee-eaters flew north over the Calf of Man bird observatory and the single Bee-eater remained on The Scillies, today being found over St.Mary's. The Bonaparte's Gull continued to linger on the Exe Estuary in Devon. In Cleveland a White-winged Black Tern was found this evening at Saltholme and, in the Northern Isles, a few late scarcities were found today, with a Marsh Warbler on North Ronaldsay and both Common Rosefinch and Wryneck on Fair Isle. In Kent the juvenile Night Heron at Stodmarsh was joined by a second juvenile this evening. The Great White Egret was still at Dungeness and there were 23 Spoonbills across 6 counties. A Stone Curlew was a surprise visitor to Lodmoor in Dorset.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA