Wednesday 20th July 2022
	Discoveries today included a Gull-billed Tern briefly in Kent at Oare Marshes, and a Caspian Tern in Nottinghamshire at Holme Pierrepont and then Netherfield. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Turkestan Shrike and Black-browed Albatross still together in East Yorkshire, Least Tern in County Dublin, Stilt Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in Lincolnshire then Cambridgeshire, Caspian Tern in Gloucestershire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Fife, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, five Wilson's Petrels at sea off County Cork, the family of six Black-winged Stilts in South Yorkshire, and at least seven Bee-eaters together in Norfolk including at least one young in the nest. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Orkney Isles), two each of both Cory's Shearwater and Great Shearwater, four Pectoral Sandpipers, and a total of 17 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA