Monday 9th July 2018
	Rarities today comprised the territorial Little Bittern still in Shropshire, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, and Bonaparte's Gull and a family of Black-winged Stilts still together in Kent. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Western Isles), Purple Heron (Warwickshire), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), two Rose-coloured Starlings, and three Cattle Egrets.
-  Chris Batty, RBA