Friday 21st July 2017
	New discoveries included a Two-barred Crossbill on Unst (Shetland), flyover Black Stork at Wykeham Forest (North Yorkshire), Pacific Golden Plover at North Cave Wetlands (East Yorkshire), White-rumped Sandpiper at Kilnsea Wetlands (East Yorkshire) and Lesser Yellowlegs at Burton Marsh (Cheshire). Lingering rarities comprised Marsh Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull and ten Black-winged Stilts in Kent, family of Bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Co Wexford, Forster's Tern in Co Louth and King Eider in Ceredigion. Excellent seawatching in Southwest England was the theme of the day; Wilson's Petrels were logged off Porthgwarra and Lizard Point (Cornwall), whilst the passage included Cory's Shearwaters [including 296 Lizard Point, 181 Berry Head (Devon), 82 Start Point (Devon), 26 Portland Bill (Dorset)], Great Shearwater [including 66 Lizard Point, 82 Berry Head, four Portland Bill], three Sabine's Gulls, Long-tailed Skua and nine Pomarine Skuas. The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Hoopoe (Forth), White-winged Black Tern (Shetland) and three Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA