Daily News Summaries
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Monday 27th April 2020  
  A Red-rumped Swallow flew south over Landguard NR, Suffolk, and there were reports of two Bee-eaters over Southport, Merseyside and a Black Kite over Ashdown Forest, Sussex.

Both the Lesser Kestrel and the Red-throated Pipit lingered in Scilly.

Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, a Golden Oriole, a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, Waxwing, five Hoopoes, a Purple Heron, three Dotterels, a Ring-necked Duck, a Pomarine Skua, three Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
Sunday 26th April 2020  
  Rarities today comprised both Lesser Kestrel and Red-throated Pipit on the Isles of Scilly, White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles and single Black Kites seen briefly in both Kent and Worcestershire.

Scarcities included both Richard's Pipit and Dotterel in Conwy, Serin in Suffolk, Lapland Bunting in Norfolk, four each of both Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull, a total of five Hoopoes, and a flock of 20 Waxwings in Aberdeenshire.
Chris Batty, RBA
Friday 24th April 2020  
  Late news concerned a male Sardinian Warbler on Sunday at Porthleven, Cornwall, and a Red-rumped Swallow yesterday at Dungeness, Kent.

The Lesser Kestrel lingered in Scilly.

Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, a Little Bunting, a Richard's Pipit, two Hoopoes, a Night Heron, a Ring-necked Duck, two Glaucous Gulls, four Iceland Gulls and up to 22 Pomarine Skuas.
Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 23rd April 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly, a Subalpine Warbler in Pembrokeshire at Martin's Haven, Bee-eater in Dorset at Portland, and three White-billed Divers located on the Shetland Isles.

Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (West Sussex), Serin (Norfolk), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), Dotterel (Cambridgeshire), Hoopoe (Dorset and East Sussex), two Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls.
Chris Batty, RBA
Tuesday 21st April 2020  
  A Savi's Warbler was found at Brading Marshes RSPB, Isle of Wight, and an Alpine Swift was in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset. Late news from yesterday concerned a Citrine Wagtail at Siddick Ponds, Cumbria.

The Lesser Kestrel lingering in Scilly.

Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Lapland Bunting, a Waxwing, three Hoopoes, a Purple Heron, two Glossy Ibises, a Green-winged Teal, a Black Brant, two Montagu's Harriers, a Ring-billed Gull, three Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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
Saturday 18th April 2020  
  A Collared Pratincole was found at The Gearagh, County Cork, and an Eastern Subalpine Warbler was trapped and ringed at Sandwick, Shetland.

The Lesser Kestrel lingered in Scilly.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Wryneck, two Lapland Buntings, 15 Waxwings, a Pectoral Sandpiper, four Dotterel, a Ring-necked Duck, a Green-winged Teal, a Black Brant, three Glaucous Gulls and six Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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