Thursday 5th July 2018
	Highlights of the day included the confirmation of breeding Black-winged Stilts in Kent - a family of four were at Oare Marshes KWT, where the Bonaparte's Gull also lingered. Elsewhere four Bee-eaters flew over Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk), a Wilson's Petrel and Long-tailed Skua were logged from a Scilly pelagic and the Iberian Chiffchaff (Wirral), Black-winged Stilt (Norfolk), Ferruginous Duck (Co Durham) and King Eider (Aberdeenshire) all lingered. The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland) and Rose-coloured Starlings (Cornwall and Western Isles).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA