Monday 25th May 2020
	A White-chinned Petrel, the first for Britain and the Western Palearctic, was photographed over the Scapa Flow, Orkney, this morning. Other new doscoveries included a Terek Sandpiper at Musselburgh, Lothian, a Hooded Merganser at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, a Bee-eater over South Foreland, Kent, a Black Kite over Streatham, London and a Red-footed Falcon at Horse Shoe Point, Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities included the Collared Pratincole in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Antrim, Citrine Wagtail in Orkney, Savi's Warbler in Kent and Iberian Chiffchaff in London. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Serin, a Short-toed Lark, a Common Rosefinch, two Golden Orioles, two Bluethroats, seven Red-backed Shrikes, a Red-necked Phalarope, three Temminck's Stints, two Purple Herons, seven Honey Buzzards, a Roseate Tern, two Pomarine Skuas and an Iceland Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA