Wednesday 6th August 2014
	Today's new discoveries included a Franklin's Gull at Cley NWT (Norfolk), Greenish Warbler on Fair Isle (Shetland) and White-rumped Sandpiper at Gibraltar Point NNR (Lincolnshire), whilst at Caspian Tern was reported at Dungeness (Kent). Lingering rarities comprised Stilt Sandpiper (Northumberland), Black-winged Pratincole (Cambridgeshire), White-rumped Sandpiper (Norfolk), Pacific Golden Plover (Orkney), four Bee-eaters (Isles of Wight) and Black-winged Stilts (Suffolk [6] and West Sussex [5]). The best of the rest included four Spotted Crakes, at least three Cattle Egrets, three Glossy Ibises, two Pectoral Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalarope and Barred Warbler (Fair Isle), Purple Heron (Somerset) and Red-backed Shrike (Buckinghamshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA