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Wednesday 15th July 2020  
  Lingering ratities confirmed as still present today were the Lammergeier in the Peak District between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Laughing Gull in County Dublin, Pacific Golden Plover in County Clare, Lesser Grey Shrike on the Shetland Isles, Black Duck in Highland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Kent, and Bonaparte's Gulls in Argyll, Kent and County Louth.

Scarcities included Serin (County Cork), Woodchat Shrike (County Donegal), Hoopoe (Hampshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Orkney Isles), Glossy Ibis (Worcestershire), Cory's Shearwater (North Yorkshire), Sabine's Gull (East Yorkshire), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland Isles), and a total of five Rose-coloured Starlings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA