Thursday 28th May 2020
	A Scops Owl was trapped and ringed at Nanjizal Valley in Cornwall was the county's seventh record, the first since the well-twitched bird of 2002. A new Blyth's Reed Warbler was in song at Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire. Continuing rarities included Iberian Chiffchaffs in London and Suffolk, Whiskered Tern in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Co.Antrim, Lesser Scaup in Western Isles. A Red-rumped Swallow was on Fair Isle and flyover Bee-eaters were in South Yorkshire, Northumberland and the Isle of Wight. Red-footed Falcons remained in Kent and Norfolk. Among other highlights were two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Woodchat Shrikes, Icterine Warbler (Fair Isle), three Golden Orioles, Shorelark (Borders), five Red-backed Shrikes, three Montagu's Harriers, Hoopoe (Worcesterhire), Glossy Ibis (Worcestershire), Purple Heron (Dorset), two Red-necked Phalaropes and Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire).
-  David Campbell, RBA