Wednesday 10th June 2020
	The Shetland Isles enjoyed an excellent day for rarities with River Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Citrine Wagtail and White-billed Diver all logged on the archipelago. Rarities elsewhere comprised Blyth's Reed Warblers singing in both Lincolnshire and Norfolk, a Greenish Warbler new in East Yorkshire at Spurn, Citrine Wagtail still on the Orkney Isles, both Savi's Warbler and Iberian Chiffchaff singing in Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull still in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in East Sussex, and Red-footed Falcons in Cambridgeshire, East Sussex and West Sussex. Scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (County Donegal), Golden Oriole (Cambridgeshire), Common Rosefinch (Orkney Isles), Purple Heron (Lancashire), a migrant Red-necked Phalarope (Leicestershire), two Glossy Ibises, five each of both Marsh Warbler and Red-backed Shrike, and 13 Rose-coloured Starlings bringing the total of this species in summer 2020 to 103 birds.
-  Chris Batty, RBA