Tuesday 5th July 2022
	The new rarities discovered today were all brief encounters with a Bonaparte’s Gull in the Highlands at Firemore and Caspian Tern at Potter Heigham Marshes. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Turkestan Shrike, Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Elegant Tern County Wexford , American Black Tern in Northumberland, Broad-billed Sandpiper in Shetland, King Eider in Lothian, 6 Black-winged Stilts in South Yorkshire and 8 Bee-eaters together in Norfolk. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Angus), Serin (East Sussex) and a total of 5 Glossy Ibises
-  Toby Carter, RBA