Sunday 13th August 2017
	New discoveries today included a Barolo Shearwater off Porthgwarra, Cornwall, a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Sully, Glamorgan, both a Long-billed Dowitcher and a Lesser Yellowlegs at Clogheen Marsh, County Cork, a Bonaparte's Gull at Caherfearlane, County Kerry and four Bee-eaters flew over Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire. Lingering rarities included the Snowy Owl in County Mayo, Alpine Swift in Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher, four Black-winged Stilts and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, single White-rumped Sandpipers in Northumberland and County Wexford, King Eider in Ceredigion and five Bee-eaters in Leicestershire. Twelve Wilson's Petrels were seen Scilly, Cornwall and County Cork.
-  Will Soar, RBA