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Friday 19th June 2020  
  New discoveries today included a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and single Red-footed Falcons at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire and at Cothelstone Hill, Somerset.

The Asian Desert Warbler remained in Northumberland, but wasn't seen in the evening. Other lingering rarities included the Lesser Grey Shrike in Lothian, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Lincolnshire, Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Red-rumped Swallow in Scilly, Caspian Tern in Norfolk and Lesser Yellowlegs and Red-footed Falcon in Yorkshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Golden Oriole, a Red-backed Shrike, a Common Rosefinch, two Marsh Warblers, seven Rose-coloured Starlings, two Honey Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Red-necked Phalarope, an American Wigeon, a Ring-billed Gull, an Iceland Gull and two Glaucous Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA