Friday 11th August 2017
	Lingering rarities seen today included the American White-winged Scoter in Aberdeenshire, Long-billed Dowitcher, Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stints in Kent, three Black-winged Stilts in Essex, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, seven Bee-eaters in Leicestershire and two Wilson's Petrels from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Wryneck, a Leach's Petrel, an American Night Heron, a Glaucous Gull, an Iceland Gull, two White-winged Black Terns, two Purple Herons, two Surf Scoters, three Glossy Ibises, five Red-necked Phalaropes, five Pomarine Skuas, 16 Cory's Shearwaters and 65 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA