Saturday 8th July 2017
	In Kent a Bonaparte's Gull returned to Oare Marshes NR for its fifth consecutive summer, whilst a Blyth's Reed Warbler was trapped in Cornwall and Black Kites were reported in Lincolnshire and Cheshire. Lingering rarities included Long-billed Dowitcher (Northumberland), King Eiders (Ceredigion and Aberdeenshire), Black-winged Stilts (Norfolk [6] and Cambridgeshire [2]), Bee-eaters (Nottinghamshire) and Savi's Warbler (Suffolk). The best of the rest included Purple Herons (Suffolk and Co Wicklow), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), Marsh Warbler (Co Wexford) and Sabine's Gull (North Yorkshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA