Tuesday 1st September 2020
	New rarities dicovered today were a Bonaparte's Gull in Cheshire at Hale, a Subalpine Warbler species in Essex at Holland Haven, single Greenish Warblers in Norfolk at Holme and on the Shetland Isles on Unst, with now four Arctic Warblers present on Shetland. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Lammergeier in Derbyshire, Pallid Harrier in West Sussex, both Spotted Sandpiper and Black Kite on the Isles of Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, and two Black-winged Stilts together in Somerset. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (Gloucestershire), White-winged Black Tern (Orkney Isles), Rose-coloured Starling (Shetland), Pectoral Sandpiper (County Kerry), Glossy Ibis (Devon), Temminck's Stint, Cory's and Great Shearwater (Scilly), two each of American Golden Plover, Purple Heron and Spotted Crake, three of Icterine Warbler and Common Rosefinch, four Dotterel, five of Barred Warbler and Red-backed Shrike, and a total of 11 Wrynecks.
-  Chris Batty, RBA