Tuesday 17th July 2018
	The highlight of the dway was a Black Stork in Leicestershire at Anstey briefly; perhaps the same individual as seen flying over Thorngumbald, East Yorkshire on Sunday. Rarities elsewhere comrpised the Lesser Yellowlegs and Black-winged Stilt both still in Norfolk, and in Kent Bonaparte's Gull and four Black-winged Stilts together at Oare Marshes. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Nottinghamshire), Purple Heron (Dorset), Red-backed Shrike (Surrey), Temminck's Stint (Kent), two each of both Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egret, and three each of Rose-coloured Starling and Pectoral Sandpiper.
-  Chris Batty, RBA