Thursday 27th July 2017
	An incredible 20+ Wilson's Petrels were observed from an Isles of Scilly pelagic this evening. Elsewhere two Wilson's Petrels were logged from a pelagic off Penzance (Cornwall) and another was seen from Valentia Island (Co Kerry). A third Two-barred Crossbill joined the two already on Unst (Shetland), whilst the lone Two-barred Crossbill remained on Isle of May (Fife). The breeding Bee-eaters (Nottinghamshire), Marsh Sandpiper and Bonaparte's Gull (Kent), Black-winged Stilt families (Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Kent) and Forster's Tern (Co Louth) all lingered. The best of the rest included American Night Heron (Shropshire), Purple Heron (Isles of Scilly), White-winged Black Tern (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Highland), Temminck's Stint (Essex) and Pectoral Sandpipers (Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA