Wednesday 30th July 2014
	New rarities discovered today were a brief Black-winged Pratincole in East Sussex at Cuckmere Haven, and a Fea's Petrel at sea off Galley Head, County Cork. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Stilt Sandpiper in Northumberland, Pacific Golden Plovers in Staffordshire and on the Orkney Isles, White-rumped Sandpipers in Lincolnshire and on the Shetland Isles, Black-winged Stilts in Suffolk (3) and West Sussex (3), Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Laughing Gull in County Cork, whilst the breeding Bee-eaters remained on the Isle of Wight. Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike (Buckinghamshire), Temminck's Stint (Essex), Great Shearwater (Cornwall), two Cattle Egrets (together in Gloucestershire), three Surf Scoters (together in Aberdeenshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire, Hertfordshire and Norfolk), and four Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA