Thursday 20th July 2017
	An adult Bonaparte's Gull was at Whitehead, County Antrim. Lingering rarities included the Caspian Tern at Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire, Forster's Tern at Dundalk, County Louth, Marsh Sandpiper and at least seven Black-winged Stilts at Cliffe, Kent, five Black-winged Stilts at Potter Heigham, Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent and at least three Bee-eaters at East Leake, including at least one young in one of three nest holes. Scarcity highlights included a Marsh Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Glossy Ibis, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Temminck's Stint, four Pectoral Sandpipers, a Glaucous Gull, a Balearic Shearwater, two Great Shearwaters and 33 Cory's Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA