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Monday 29th June 2020  
 

Ongoing rarities included the Greater Sand Plover in Lothian, Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland, Laughing Gull in Staffordshire, Gull-billed Terns in Kent and Co.Cork, Black-winged Stilt in Kent, Alpine Swift in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Red-footed Falcon in Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll and Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cumbria. Another Lesser Yellowlegs appeared on the Nottinghamshire/South Yorkshire border at Misson.

Scarcities today included Temminck's Stint (Sussex), 14 Rose-coloured Starlings, Red-necked Phalarope (Cheshire), Glossy Ibis (Worcestershire), and Common Rosefinch, Marsh Warbler and Red-backed Shrike (all Shetland).

The east coast witnessed a significant Swift movement, headlined with 46,026 moving south through Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire.
-  David Campbell, RBA