Monday 24th February 2020
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Long-billed Dowitcher in Cheshire at Burton Mere Wetlands. Other rarities comprised the West Siberian Stonechat still in Cheshire, both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, and Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, but the Tengmalm's Owl could not be found on the Shetland Isles at Kergord, Mainland. Scarcities included Hoopoe (Hampshire), American Wigeon (County Wicklow), Snow Goose (Western Isles), Glossy Ibis (Devon), Great Grey Shrike (Norfolk), Kumlien's Gull (Glamorgan), and three each of both Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal. Late news concerned a Bonaparte's Gull seen yesterday in County Longford at Lough Gowna.
-  Chris Batty, RBA