Friday 21st August 2020
	The Eleonora's Falcon failed to reappear at Winterton (Norfolk), but new discoveries included a Greenish Warbler on Unst (Shetland) and Gull-billed Tern at The Gearagh (Co Cork). Lingering rarities comprised Pacific Golden Plover (Northumberland), two Greenish Warblers (Shetland), Bonaparte's Gull (Kent), King Eider (Highland), Citrine Wagtail (Gwynedd), Lammergeier (Derbyshire) and Spotted Sandpiper (Cornwall). Scarcity highlights included Melodious Warbler (Devon), Rose-coloured Starling (Co Donegal), Temminck's Stint (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (Isle of Wight), Purple Heron (Somerset), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Night Heron (Berkshire), two Wrynecks, two Pectoral Sandpipers, three Spotted Crakes and three Barred Warblers. Excellent South West England and Irish seawatching was headlined by Wilson's Petrels off Co Kerry and an Isles of Scilly pelagic (2).
-  Stuart Piner, RBA