Wednesday 8th August 2018
	A white morph Gyr was on Fair Isle, Shetland today. Lingering rarities included the Franklin's Gull at Scaling Dam Reservoir, Cleveland/North Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup at Drift Reservoir, Cornwall, Snowy Owl on St Kilda, Western Isles, King Eider at Ynys-hir, Ceredigion and Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Wryneck, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, a White Stork, a Surf Scoter, a Honey Buzzard, two Spotted Crakes, a Ring-billed Gull, a Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skuas, three Cory's Shearwaters, nine Great Shearwaters and 130 Balearic Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA