Saturday 11th August 2012
	In Yorkshire, a White-rumped Sandpiper was found at Spurn at Beacon Ponds this afternoon. A Black Kite flew over Coventry in Warwickshire. The male Black-headed Bunting continued it's stay on North Rondaldsay in the Orkney Islands and, in Argyll, the Bonaparte's Gull was again seen on the Add Estuary. Glossy Ibises were seen in County Wexford and Hampshire. Other long-staying rarities were the Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire and the Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk. A Rose-coloured Starling was found at Gulberwick on Mainland Shetland, with another bird reported at Urafirth. Marazion in Cornwall hosted a Spotted Crake and Pectoral Sandpipers were to be found in Kent and Merseyside
-  Pete Hayman, RBA