Sunday 16th July 2017
	The highlight of the day was a Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk at Cley for much of the day. Other discoveries included a Bee-eater reported in Hampshire and a Lesser Yellowlegs that overflew Saltfleetby All Saints, Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Marsh Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford, King Eider in Ceredigion, four Bee-eaters still in Nottinghamshire, and breeding Black-winged Stilts in Cambridgeshire (2), Kent (7) and Norfolk (6). Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), White-winged Black Tern (Orkney Isles), Sabine's Gull (inland in North Yorkshire), Long-tailed Skua (Northumberland), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Grey-headed Wagtail (Somerset), American Night Heron (Shropshire), two each of both Surf Scoter and Pectoral Sandpiper, eight Great Shearwaters and 17 Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA