Thursday 31st July 2014
	New rarities discovered today comprised a White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk at Snettisham, whilst a Black Kite flew over Stiffkey. In Suffolk a Red-footed Falcon was seen briefly at Minsmere. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Pacific Golden Plover still in Staffordshire, Ross's Gull in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, the family of five Black-winged Stilts in West Sussex, and at least four Bee-eaters still at the nest on the Isle of Wight. Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike (Buckinghamshire), Night Heron (Warwickshire), Great Shearwater (Isle of Scilly), Dotterel (East Sussex), Ring-necked Duck (Angus), Pectoral Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire and Leicestershire), two Cattle Egrets (together in Gloucestershire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire (4) and Norfolk), and three Glossy Ibises (Lincolnshire, London and County Louth).
-  Chris Batty, RBA