Thursday 23rd July 2020
	A Sooty Tern was present briefly at Maidens, Ayrshire mid afternoon before it flew north. A Stilt Sandpiper remained for its second day on Sanday, Orkney. Other lingering rarites included the Lammergeier in Derbyshire /South Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria and Merseyside, Black-winged Stilts in Somerset (five) and Kent, Laughing Gull in County Dublin and single Bonaparte's Gulls in County Louth and Argyll. Scarcity highlights included two Rose-coloured Starlings, four Honey Buzzards, a Glossy Ibis, a Pomarine Skua, eight Long-tailed Skuas and ten Balearic Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA