Monday 6th August 2018
	A Lesser Scaup was found today at Drift Reservoir, Cornwall. Lingering rarities included the Franklin's Gull again at Scaling Dam Reservoir, Yorkshire/Cleveland, Black Duck at Strontian, Highland, Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent and two Wilson's Petrels from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Temminck's Stint, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Ring-billed Gull, a Leach's Petrel, a Pomarine Skua, a Sabine's Gull, a Glaucous Gull, an Iceland Gull, a White Stork, two Spotted Crakes, two Purple Herons, two Glossy Ibises and three Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Will Soar, RBA