Thursday 3rd August 2017
	The wandering Caspian Tern made an appearance at Carr Vale NR (Derbyshire) late afternoon, having been present in West Yorkshire the previous day. Elsewhere lingering rarities included White-rumped Sandpiper (Western Isles), Bee-eaters (Nottinghamshire), Black-winged Stilt (Norfolk), Marsh Sandpiper (Kent), Bonaparte's Gulls (Kent and Dorset) and Forster's Tern (Co Louth). Seabirds were again well represented, with the highlight being a Barolo Shearwater observed off Prawle Point (Devon). Elsewhere an Isles of Scilly pelagic produced some incredible totals, including at least 15 Wilson's Petrels, 750 Great Shearwaters and 250 Cory's Shearwaters! Wilson's Petrels were also logged off Orcombe Point (Devon) and Bridges of Ross (Co Clare). The best of the rest included American Night Heron (Shropshire), Night Herons (Somerset and Northumberland), White-winged Black Tern (Lincolnshire), Red-backed Shrike (North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Lincolnshire) and Grey Phalarope (Highland).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA