Saturday 2nd August 2014
	New discoveries today included a White-rumped Sandpiper in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, Red-footed Falcon in County Wexford near Lady's Island Lake, Wilson's Petrel off the Isles of Scilly, and a Black-winged Stilt flew over Blashford Lakes, Hampshire. Other rarities comprised the Black-winged Pratincole again in Cambridgeshire, Pacific Golden Plover still in Staffordshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Ross's Gull in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Laughing Gull in County Cork, five Black-winged Stilts together in West Sussex, and at least four Bee-eaters still at the nest on the Isle of Wight. Scarcities included the first Melodious Warbler of the year and Hoopoe (both Dorset), Night Heron (Warwickshire), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (County Galway), Red-backed Shrike (Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cheshire and Hampshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire (2) and Norfolk (2)), three Cattle Egrets (together in Gloucestershire), and a total of five Glossy Ibises. Other notable seabirds were nine Cory's Shearwaters between Dorset and the Isles of Scilly, Great Shearwater off Scilly, and a Long-tailed Skua passing Essex.
-  Chris Batty, RBA