Thursday 29th June 2017
	The adult Black-browed Albatross was tracked north along the east coast today, being seen first at Whitburn, County Durham at 5.30am. By 11.50am, it had travelled just 47 miles, seen going north through the Farne Islands, Northumberland. It was in Borders at 2.50pm, off Eyemouth then St Abbs at 3pm, and then in Lothian at 5.40pm, off Dunbar then west past Seacliff (just over a mile from Bass Rock) at 6pm. A Lesser Yellowlegs was newly discovered at Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire. Lingering rarities included the Caspian Tern in Carmarthenshire, five Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, five Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk, King Eider in Ceredigion and Red-footed Falcon in Kent.
-  Will Soar, RBA