Saturday 31st July 2021
	The second Western Sandpiper of the year was discovered at Clonea Beach in Co.Waterford in the early evening. White-rumped Sandpipers were new at Kilnsea Wetlands in East Yorkshire and at Tacumshin in Co.Wexford. A minimum of 12 Wilson's Petrels were seen during the day's Scilly pelagic. The Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Least Tern in Co.Dublin, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, and Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Shetland all continued their stays. Other highlights included Purple Heron (Suffolk), three Pectoral Sandpipers, four Rose-coloured Starlings, four Long-tailed Skuas, three Cory's Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters and Glossy Ibis (Cambridgeshire).
-  David Campbell, RBA