Thursday 24th July 2014
	Rarities today comprised the Pacific Golden Plover still on the Orkney Isles, Collared Pratincole in Suffolk, Ross's Gull in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs on Lincolnshire, and Black-winged Stilt in Suffolk (3) and West Sussex. Scarcities included Night Heron (Warwickshire), Cattle Egret (County Down), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire (3)), and Glossy Ibis (Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire). Pelagic news concerned five Wilson's Petrels, two Cory's and 15 Great Shearwaters off County Cork, and off the Isles of Scilly, three Cory's and four Great Shearwaters. The Bufflehead in Suffolk remained at Trimley Marshes, but was seen to be bearing a colour ring indicating that it is an escape.
-  Chris Batty, RBA