Thursday 21st July 2016
	White-rumped Sandpipers were logged at Snettisham RSPB (Norfolk) and Frampton Marsh RSPB (Lincolnshire), a Bonaparte's Gull lingered in Kent, the Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican were still in Cornwall, Little Bitterns remained in Somerset and South Yorkshire and Wilson's Petrels were seen from boats off Co Cork and Isles of Scilly. The best of the rest included American Golden Plover (Co Wexford), Glossy Ibis (South Yorkshire) and Spotted Crakes (Cambridgeshire and Norfolk). A total of 56 Great Shearwaters and up to 241 Cory's Shearwaters were also recorded in South West England and southern Ireland.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA