Monday 20th April 2020
	Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, the Collared Pratincole still in County Cork at The Gearagh, and a Red-rumped Swallow discovered in Pembrokeshire at Heathfield. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Orkney Isles), Serin (Isles of Scilly), Richard's Pipit (Lincolnshire), Purple Heron (Dorset), Montagu's Harrier (Kent), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (Cheshire), Lapland Bunting (Western Isles), Waxwing (Argyll), two each of both Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull, six migrant Dotterel, and eight Hoopoes. Late news concerned a female Bufflehead present yesterday in Kent near Folkestone.
-  Chris Batty, RBA