Monday 31st July 2023
	A Sooty or Bridled Tern was seen off Pendeen Watch, Cornwall, along with another Wilson's Petrel. A Scopoli's Shearwater was seen from the Scilly pelagic, along with a record count of 39 Wilson's Petrels. Further Wilson's Petrels went past Start Point, Devon, Galley Head, County Cork, Brandon Point and Dingle Bay, County Kerry and two at Bridges of Ross, County Clare. Other new discoveries included a Lesser Yellowlegs at Welney, Norfolk, a Caspian Tern at Toft Newton Reservoir, Lincolnshire and a Bonaparte's Gull at Ullapool, Highland. Lingering rarities included the Hudsonian Godwit in Shetland, Least Tern in County Louth, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Caspian Tern in County Wexford, Black-winged Pratincole in County Donegal, Long-billed Dowitchers in Orkney and Norfolk, Pacific Golden Plover in Orkney, five Black-winged Stilts in both Yorkshire and Kent, King Eider in Lothian and three Bee-eaters in Norfolk. Other seabird totals included a Sabine's Gull, four Long-tailed Skuas, up to 15 Pomarine Skuas, 48 Balearic Shearwaters, over 260 Great Shearwaters and over 3,350 Cory's Shearwaters, including over a thousand off both Porthgwarra, Cornwall and the Scilly pelagic. Other scarcities included a Red-backed Shrike, a Spotted Crake, an American Golden Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Honey Buzzards, a Night Heron and four Glossy Ibises.
-  Will Soar, RBA