Tuesday 15th August 2017
	A Wilson's Petrel was seen from a boat off Bolt Head, Devon. Lingering rarities included the Long-billed Dowitcher and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, White-rumped Sandpipers in Cleveland and Northumberland, Alpine Swift in Yorkshire, five Bee-eaters in Leicestershire and a Wilson's Petrel from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Sabine's Gull, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Dotterels, two White-winged Black Terns, a Long-tailed Skua, 11 Pomarine Skuas, seven Cory's Shearwaters and 35 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA