Saturday 4th August 2018
	In Essex a Ferruginous Duck was discovered at Abberton Reservoir. Lingering rarities included the Sooty Tern in Aberdeenshire, Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and a Wilson's Petrel was seen from a pelagic off County Cork. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch, a Wryneck, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, a Green-winged Teal, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, an American Golden Plover, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, two Grey Phalaropes, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Glaucous Gulls, three Spotted Crakes, three Honey Buzzards, four Pomarine Skuas, a Cory's Shearwater, eight Balearic Shearwaters and 11 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA