Thursday 13th August 2020
	The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Gull-billed Tern in Lancashire at Singleton with other new rarities comprising a Greenish Warbler in Fife on Isle of May, and two Kentish Plovers together on the Exe Estuary, Devon. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Lammergeier in Derbyshire, both Pacific Golden Plover and Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in Suffolk, Spotted Sandpipers in both Cornwall and County Down, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, and Black-winged Stilt in Somerset, whilst the King Eider reappeared in Highland at Dornoch, and a Wilson's Petrel was at sea off the Isles of Scilly. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Orkney Isles), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Somerset), Rose-coloured Starling (Pembrokeshire), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), American Golden Plover (Western Isles), Temminck's Stint (Hertfordshire), two each of Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua and Glossy Ibis, three Icterine Warblers, four Barred Warblers, and a total of 11 Red-backed Shrikes.
-  Chris Batty, RBA