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Friday 15th August 2014  
  A very quiet day rarity wise, but the successful fledging of three young Bee-eaters on the Isle of Wight was the clear highlight. The four adults also remained on site.

Back on the Mainland, the adult Franklin's Gull made another appearance in the evening roost at Cley NWT, Norfolk, with the Lesser Scaup in Somerset being the only other rarity reported.

Scarcity highlights included an Icterine Warbler (the second record for Leicestershire), five Barred Warblers, a Marsh Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, a Night Heron, a Spotted Crake, an American Golden Plover, a Temminck's Stint, a Long-tailed Skua, two Pomarine Skuas, two Sabine's Gulls, two Cory's Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters and a Kumlien's Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA