Friday 2nd August 2013
	A Black Kite over Porthgwarra, Cornwall was the only new rarity discovered today. Late news of a dowitcher species at Pennington Marshes, Hampshire yesterday prompted a search, with confirmation of a Long-billed Dowitcher being present from early afternoon. Lingering rarities included four Two-barred Crossbills on Fair Isle, Shetland, two more at Stromness, Orkney and a Bonaparte's Gull at Heysham, Lancashire. Scarcities included a Night Heron in Leicestershire, a Red-necked Phalarope in County Wexford, a Spotted Crake in Northumberland and Pectoral Sandpipers in Lincolnshire, Cheshire, Gwent and Sussex.
-  Will Soar, RBA