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Tuesday 21st July 2015  
  New discoveries included a Black Kite in Suffolk and a pair of flyover Bee-eaters in Essex, whilst a Laughing Gull on Islay was reported for the first time today, having been present on the island for about a month. Lingering rarities comprised Least Sandpiper on Isles of Scilly, Red-footed Falcon in Staffordshire, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Norfolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in Co Wexford, Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, King Eider in Highland and Lesser Scaup in Somerset.

The best of the rest included Golden Oriole in North Yorkshire, Purple Heron in Suffolk, Spotted Crake in Norfolk and Icterine Warbler on Shetland.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA