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Tuesday 2nd August 2016  
  The most significant discovery was a Least Sandpiper at Black Hole Marsh, Devon.

Lingering rarities included the Western Purple Swamphen in Suffolk, Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Black Duck Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and Little Bittern in Somerset.

The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpipers (Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Cattle Egret (Suffolk) and Glossy Ibis (Merseyside).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA