Monday 2nd July 2012
	Two Wilson's Petrels were seen from the pelagic south east of St.Mary's in the Scillies this evening, along with a Great Shearwater and an adult Sabine's Gull. Another Great Shearwater flew past Start Point in Devon. On the northern isles, the Western Bonelli's Warbler remained on North Ronaldsay and the Paddyfield Warbler was still on Fair Isle. The Alpine Swift continued to patrol the cliffs at Bempton in Yorkshire and a Glossy Ibis was still to be found at Minsmere. Belated news came of a female King Eider which drifted past Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire yesterday evening. A first summer Sabine's Gull at Startop's End Reservoir on the Bucks/Herts border for it's second day attracted many admirers. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was found on the Inishkea Islands off County Mayo and Red-necked Phalaropes were at Minsmere in Suffolk and Earsdon in Northumberland. A Surf Scoter was at Monifieth in Angus.
-  Pete Hayman, RBA