Sunday 23rd August 2020
	An adult female Turkestan Shrike was found on North Ronaldsay, where it was then trapped and ringed, and a Western Bonelli's Warbler appeared on Fair Isle. Foula in Shetland turned up an Arctic Warbler. New Greenish Warblers were found at Chasewater in Staffordshire and on Shetland (two). 14 Wilson's Petrels were seen from the day's Scilly pelagic, while two were reported off Pendeen in Cornwall.  Other rarities included the Gull-billed Tern in Co.Cork, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Greenish Warblers in Lothian and Shetland (two), one of the Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and the Lammergeier in Derbyshire. Today's supporting cast included Red-breasted Flycatcher (Lincolnshire), Hoopoe (Isle of Wight), two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Barred Warblers, Melodious Warbler (Devon), two Icterine Warblers, four Wrynecks, nine Red-backed Shrikes, Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire), 15 Sabine's Gulls, 10 Long-tailed Skuas, two Grey Phalaropes (Cornwall), two Purple Herons, three Spotted Crakes (still together in Cheshire), two Glossy Ibises, Iceland Gull (Cornwall) and Dotterel (Gwynedd).
-  David Campbell, RBA