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Sunday 14th August 2022  
  New Aquatic Warblers were at Slapton, Devon and Abbotsbury, Dorset, a Caspian Tern flew over Sidestrand, Norfolk, Bee-eaters were over Minsmere, Suffolk (four), Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire (three) and Bedhampton, Hampshire, a Black Kite was at Drift Reservoir and a Wilson's Petrel flew past Pendeen, both Cornwall.

Lingering rarities still present included the Turkestan Shrike in Yorkshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, six Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Squacco Heron in Sussex, Ferruginous Duck in Nottinghamshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Forster's Tern in County Louth, four Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Scilly, White-rumped Sandpipers in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk and the Laughing Gull and two Wilson's Petrels were seen from the Scilly pelagic.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, four Spotted Crakes, a Night Heron, four Purple Herons, 18 Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover, a Temminck's Stint, a Grey Phalarope, two Pectoral Sandpipers, two Honey Buzzards, a Tundra Bean Goose, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, a Sabine's Gull, a Glaucous Gull, two Pomarine Skuas, four Cory's Shearwaters and 62 Great Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA