Monday 1st August 2016
	The Western Purple Swamphen lingered at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, as did the Dalmatian Pelican on the Hayle Estuary RSPB, Cornwall, White-rumped Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire, Little Bittern at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset, Wilson's Petrel off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly and Bonaparte's Gull at Oare Marshes NR, Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Long-tailed Skua, a Spotted Crake, a White Stork, two Pectoral Sandpipers, three Glossy Ibises, four Honey Buzzards, five Cory's Shearwaters and 11 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA