Wednesday 24th July 2013
	Rarities today comprised a Pacific Golden Plover in Cambridgeshire at Burwell Fen, Caspian Tern in Cheshire at Chelford, new Two-barred Crossbills in Lincolnshire at Rimac, Norfolk at Salthouse and at sea off the Shetland Isles, and, in Lincolnshire a White-rumped Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh, and a Baltic Gull near Brigg. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Bridled Tern in Northumberland, three Little Bitterns together in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and five other Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk: four at Lynford and one at Kelling. Scarcities included White-tailed Eagle (Essex), Night Heron (South Yorkshire), Cattle Egret (Kent), Ring-necked Duck (North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Antrim, Cleveland, East Sussex and Hampshire), and Cory's Shearwater (8 off County Cork, 2 off the Isles of Scilly, and one passing Cornwall).
-  Chris Batty, RBA