Sunday 17th July 2016
	Rarities today comprised the American White-winged Scoter still in Aberdeenshire, the territorial Little Bittern in Somerset, and the Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcities included two Serins in Dorset, Sabine's Gull (Derbyshire), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lincolnshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), White Stork (Worcestershire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), and three Cattle Egrets. Seabirds included three Wilson's Petrels, a Great Shearwater and a Long-tailed Skua at sea off County Cork.
-  Chris Batty, RBA