Friday 30th June 2023
	Seawatching produced a Fea's or Desertas Petrel and a Great Shearwater off Pendeen and a Wilson's Petrel off Trevedran, both Cornwall, another Wilson's Petrel off Bridges of Ross, County Clare, three more Great Shearwaters off Deelick Point, County Kerry and a Cory's Shearwater from the Scillonian III. Other rarities found today included a Pacific Golden Plover on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and a Baltic Gull at Cromer, Norfolk. Lingering rarities included the Steppe Grey Shrike in Highland, Lesser Scaup, Long-billed Dowitcher and three Bee-eaters in Norfolk, two Black-winged Stilts in Yorkshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and American Black Tern in Northumberland. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a White-spotted Bluethroat, a Red-backed Shrike, three Marsh Warblers, a Purple Heron, two Night Herons, two Glossy Ibises, three Honey Buzzards, a Pectoral Sandpiper and three Balearic Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA