Monday 13th July 2020
	Mega news today concerned a Brown Booby discovered in County Wicklow at Greystones where it showed well into the evening. Meanwhile in Northumberland a Black-browed Albatross was reported at Howick. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Lammergeier still in South Yorkshire, Lesser Grey Shrike still on the Shetland Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Lesser Yellowlegs in Kent, Wilson's Petrel off the Isles of Scilly, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and County Louth, and Black-winged Stilts in Kent and Somerset (2). Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (County Donegal), two each of both Pectoral Sandpiper and Ring-necked Duck, and four Rose-coloured Starlings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA