Thursday 29th July 2021
	A Black-winged Stilt was again at Wrafton in Devon, while the Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk relocated to Hickling Broad. A Wilson's Petrel passed Pendeen in Cornwall and a Black Kite flew north over Ruddons Point, Fife. Late news concerned an adult Semipalmated Sandpiper at Rossbeigh in Co.Kerry yesterday and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Muckrush in Co.Galway on Tuesday. The Least Tern in Co.Dublin, Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Elegant Tern in Anglesey, Western Sandpiper in Norfolk, Pacific Golden Plovers in Anglesey and Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cheshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Shetland and King Eider in Shetland all remained. Other highlights included Night Heron (Norfolk), four Rose-coloured Starlings, Cory's and Great Shearwaters in Cornwall.
-  David Campbell, RBA