Thursday 27th August 2020
	A Brown Booby flew past Pendeen Watch in Cornwall in the evening. There was a late report for yesterday of a juvenile Bridled Tern off Lundy in Devon in the evening, though there was no sign of it today. A new Citrine Wagtail was on Skokholm in Pembrokeshire. Other rarities included the Two-barred Crossbill in Argyll, Citrine Wagtails in Gwynedd and on Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, three Black-winged Stilts in Somerset and three Wilson's Petrels in Scilly waters, and the Peak District Lammergeier. Otherwise, the pick of national news included Night Heron (Devon), Purple Heron (Somerset), Buff-breasted Sandpiper on Scilly, Hoopoe (Lothian; killed by a car in the evening), four Common Rosefinches, two Wrynecks, seven Barred Warblers, two Red-backed Shrikes, Rose-coloured Starling (Shetland), three Sabine's Gulls, Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), two Spotted Crakes, Dotterel (Kent), Corncrake (Staffordshire) and Glossy Ibis (Kent).
-  David Campbell, RBA