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Tuesday 25th August 2020  
  Seawatching provided the highlights today with a Fea's/Desertas Petrel passing Berry Head, Devon in the morning and then Porthgwarra, Cornwall late in the afternoon, Wilson's Petrels were recorded from land in County Clare (3), County Kerry and Cornwall (2), with around island totals of six Cory's Shearwaters, 12 Leach's Petrels, 25 Sabine's Gulls, 37 Great Shearwaters, and 41 Long-tailed Skuas.

A Citrine Wagtail was seen briefly in Norfolk at Cley, the Gull-billed Tern remained in County Cork, as did the Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, whilst two Greenish Warblers were located on the Shetland Isles.

Scarcities included Icterine Warbler (Shetland), Hoopoe (Dorset), Wryneck (Warwickshire), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (North Yorkshire), Pectoral Sandpiper (Hampshire), Temminck's Stint (Kent), and three Barred Warblers.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Saturday 22nd August 2020  
  Seawatching dominated the day with the standout bird being a Band-rumped Petrel species that passed Pendeen Watch, Cornwall in the evening. Other seabirds today included Wilson's Petrels logged from Cornwall (3), County Kerry, and at sea off the Isles of Scilly (12), two Cory's Shearwaters, four Leach's Petrels, 10 Long-tailed Skuas, 62 Sabine's Gulls, and a total of 73 Great Shearwaters.

Rarities elsewhere were a Greenish Warbler new in Lothian at Barns Ness with others still in Fife and on the Shetland Isles, the Lammergeier still in Derbyshire, Black Duck in Highland, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Gull-billed Tern in County Cork, Citrine Wagtail in Gwynedd, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, and Spotted Sandpipers still in both Cornwall and County Down.

Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Icterine Warbler (Shetland), Common Rosefinch (Orkney Isles), Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), two each of Melodious Warbler, Purple Heron, Hoopoe, Spotted Crake, Pectoral Sandpiper and Glossy Ibis, three Wrynecks, four Barred Warblers, and 10 each of both Red-backed Shrike and Dotterel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA
Thursday 20th August 2020  
  A first summer Eleonora's Falcon was photographed with a Hobby at Winterton, Norfolk mid morning today, but unfortunately it wasn't identified until after dark.

Other new discoveries included single Fea's /Desertas Petrels past Galley Head, County Cork and Pendeen, Cornwall (with a Wilson's Petrel also off the former location), a Caspian Tern at Gwithian, Cornwall, single Citrine Wagtails at Titchwell, Norfolk, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd and Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire and single Greenish Warblers at Boddam, Mainland and Isbister, Whalsay, both Shetland.

Lingering rarities included the Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Shetland, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and one in Kent and Lammergeier in Derbyshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Hoopoe, two Wrynecks, five Icterine Warblers, five Barred Warblers, nine Red-backed Shrikes, two Pectoral Sandpipers, three Spotted Crakes, three Honey Buzzards, a Night Heron, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, a White-winged Black Tern, nine Roseate Terns, a Sabine's Gull, three Grey Phalaropes, 353 Great Shearwaters, 567 Cory's Shearwaters, 99 Balearic Shearwaters, six Long-tailed Skuas and nine Pomarine Skuas.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Wednesday 19th August 2020  
  A Black-browed Albatross was reported from Pendeen Watch, Cornwall, whilst nearby a Fea's or Desertas Petrel went past Porthgwarra, with another off Killigerran Head. Single Greenish Warblers were on Holy Island, Northumberland and at Halligarth, Unst, Shetland.

Lingering rarities included the Gull-billed Tern in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Black-winged Stilt in Kent, Greenish Warblers in Fife, Yorkshire and Norfolk, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Shetland, Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll and Lammergeier in Derbyshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, two Rose-coloured Starlings, three Wrynecks, six Icterine Warblers, eight Red-backed Shrikes, ten Barred Warblers, three Spotted Crakes, a White-winged Black Tern, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Night Heron, a Glossy Ibis, a Sabine's Gull, seven Long-tailed Skuas, 11 Pomarine Skuas, 307 Great Shearwaters and 178 Cory's Shearwaters.
-  Will Soar, RBA
Tuesday 18th August 2020  
  A Gull-billed Tern was discovered at Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire and a Citrine Wagtail and Blyth's Reed Warbler were on Unst, Shetland.

Lingering rarities included the Citrine Wagtail in Gloucestershire, Greenish Warblers in Fife, Yorkshire and Norfolk (two), Pacific Golden Plover in Northumberland, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, two Black-winged Stilts in Somerset, Lammergeier in Derbyshire, Black Duck in Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and five Wilson's Petrels were seen from the Scilly pelagic.

Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, three Wrynecks, five Red-backed Shrikes, five Icterine Warblers, six Barred Warblers, a White-winged Black Tern, a Dotterel, four Spotted Crakes, a Honey Buzzard, a Glossy Ibis, seven Roseate Terns, nine Cory's Shearwaters, 344 Great Shearwaters, five Balearic Shearwaters, two Long-tailed Skuas and three Pomarine Skuas.
-  Will Soar, RBA
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