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Sunday 14th June 2020  
  A Sooty Tern was found on the lagoon at Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, before it flew out to sea.

Other new discoveries included a Fea's or Desertas Petrel from a boat off Cape Clear, County Cork, a Black Stork over Haverthwaite, Cumbria, a Thrush Nightingale and Blyth's Reed Warbler on Fair Isle, Shetland (with another of the latter at Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire) and two Bee-eaters over Portland, Dorset.

Lingering rarities included the Caspian Tern and Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Lincolnshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Citrine Wagtail in Shetland, Red-footed Falcons in Cambridgeshire, Sussex and Kent, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Black-winged Stilt in Sussex.

Scarcity highlights included a Golden Oriole, a Red-backed Shrike, a Grey-headed Wagtail, three Common Rosefinches, seven Marsh Warblers, 12 Rose-coloured Starlings, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Long-tailed Skua, a Ring-billed Gull, a Glossy Ibis, an American Wigeon, a Glaucous Gull and four Honey Buzzards.
-  Will Soar, RBA