Sunday 24th July 2016
	New discoveries today included a Broad-billed Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire, a Baird's Sandpiper at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Tacumshin, County Wexford, a Caspian Tern at Faxfleet, Yorkshire and a King Eider at Murvagh, County Donegal. Lingering rarities included the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Little Bittern in Somerset, seven Wilson's Petrels off County Cork and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland.
-  Will Soar, RBA