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Thursday 15th August 2019  
  Rarities today comprised the Squacco Heron still in West Sussex, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Long-billed Dowitchers in both County Antrim and Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in County Clare and Kent, the Snowy Owl reappeared on St Kilda, Western Isles, and 10 Wilson's Petrels were logged at sea off the Isles of Scilly.

Scarcties included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Lincolnshire), Barred Warbler and Icterine Warbler (Shetland Isles), two Glossy Ibises and three Sabine's Gulls.
-  Chris Batty, RBA