Tuesday 14th July 2020
	A first-summer Laughing Gull appeared on North Bull Island in Co.Dublin and a Blyth's Reed Warbler was trapped and ringed at Portland Bill in Dorset. The Brown Booby was still in Co.Wicklow until early evening when it was taken into care. Other stayers included the Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland, Pacific Golden Plover in Co.Clare, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Co.Louth, Lesser Yellowlegs (Kent), Long-billed Dowitcher (Cumbria), the family of Black-winged Stilts (now with three young) in Somerset and the lone male in Kent. The Lammergeier remained in South Yorkshire on the moors. Among other news was Woodchat Shrike (Co.Donegal), two Rose-coloured Starlings, Temminck's Stint (East Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Norfolk), two Ring-necked Ducks, Sabine's Gull (Borders), Long-tailed Skua (Western Isles), two Glossy Ibis, Cory's Shearwater (North Yorkshire) and three Great Shearwaters (Cornwall).
-  David Campbell, RBA