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Friday 15th July 2022  
  A Stilt Sandpiper was seen at Alkborough Flats, Lincolnshire briefly in the evening, whilst a Kentish Plover was at Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk early morning.

Lingering rarities included the Turkestan Shrike, Black-browed Albatross and six Black-winged Stilts in Yorkshire, Caspian Terns in Cleveland (two), Dorset and Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, White-rumped Sandpiper and six Bee-eaters in Norfolk and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Night Heron, a Purple Heron, 11 Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, a Temminck's Stint, two Pectoral Sandpipers, six Honey Buzzards and a Sabine's Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA