Tuesday 30th July 2019
	New rarities today were a Gull-billed Tern in Aberdeenshire (seen at Cruden Bay then Peterhead), a Long-billed Dowitcher at Lough Beg in Co.Derry and a Two-barred Crossbill near Bixter on Mainland Shetland. An evening pelagic in Scilly waters yielded four Wilson's Petrels. Other rarities included White-rumped Sandpipers in Lincolnshire (two) and East Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Ferruginous Duck in Sussex and Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Fife), Rose-coloured Starling in Highland, Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), two Purple Herons (both juveniles at Manby Flashes, Lincolnshire), two Long-tailed Skuas, Glossy Ibis (Devon), Cory's Shearwater (Scilly) and 675 Balearic Shearwaters (including 654 past Berry Head, Devon).
-  David Campbell, RBA