Saturday 29th July 2023
	A Pacific Golden Plover was found at Spurn, Yorkshire during the morning, and a Lesser Yellowlegs was at Myross, County Cork. Seawatching and pelagic trips produced totals of 18 Wilson's Petrels, four Sabine's Gulls, three Grey Phalaropes, two Pomarine Skuas, 12 Balearic Shearwaters, around 195 Great Shearwaters and around 7,500 Cory's Shearwaters. There was also late news from yesterday of single Scopoli's Shearwaters off Porthgwarra, Cornwall and from the Scilly pelagic. Lingering rarities included the Least Tern in County Dublin, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Caspian Tern in County Wexford, Black-winged Pratincole in County Donegal, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Black-winged Stilts in Yorkshire (five), Lincolnshire (four) and Kent (five), King Eider in Lothian, three Bee-eaters in Norfolk and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. Scarcity highlights included two Ring-necked Ducks, four Honey Buzzards, four Glossy Ibises, an American Golden Plover and a Pectoral Sandpiper.
-  Will Soar, RBA