Saturday 18th July 2020
	New discoveries today included a Long-billed Dowitcher at Marshside RSPB, Merseyside and a Bee-eater at Fishlake Meadows HIWWT, Hampshire, but both birds were only on view briefly. Lingering rarities included the Lammergeier in South Yorkshire /Derbyshire, Lesser Grey Shrike in Shetland, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-winged Stilt and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent (with another of the latter in County Louth), Laughing Gull in County Dublin and Black Duck in Highland. Scarcity highlights included three Rose-coloured Starlings, a Honey Buzzard, two Glossy Ibises, two Glaucous Gulls, a Cory's Shearwater, three Great Shearwaters, eight Long-tailed Skuas and two Pectoral Sandpipers.
-  Will Soar, RBA