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Tuesday 21st July 2020  
 

In Co.Wexford, a Gull-billed Tern was found at Tacumshin. A Black Kite flew over Tincleton in Dorset and a Blyth's Reed Warbler was trapped and ringed in the Nanjizal Valley in Cornwall.

Rarities still in place included the Black Duck in Highland, Caspian Tern in Lincolnshire, Black-winged Stilt in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitchers Cumbria and Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in Kent, Laughing Gull in Co.Dublin, Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Argyll. The Lammergeier was still roaming the moors near the Derbyshire/South Yorkshire border.

Scarcities included Cory's Shearwater (Co.Durham), Rose-coloured Starling (Gwynedd), Glossy Ibis (Gwent) and five Long-tailed Skuas.
-  David Campbell, RBA