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Saturday 21st May 2011  
  A male Rustic Bunting at Filey, Yorkshire was probably the highlight of the day, with another on Fair Isle, one at Skaw, Unst and late news also of one yesterday at Esha Ness, all Shetland. A Red-footed Falcon was watched at Coverack, Cornwall for an hour, and there was a report of a Black-browed Albatross in Ayrshire.

Lingering rarities included Trumpeter Finch in Devon, Forster's Tern in County Wexford, House Crow in County Cork, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Tawny Pipit in Yorkshire, Savi's Warbler in Dorset, Red-rumped Swallow in Isles of Scilly, single Bonaparte's Gulls in Devon and Cornwall and the Black Stork reappeared in Northamptonshire.

Scarcity highlights included a White-spotted Bluethroat in Kent, Night Heron in Warwickshire, Purple Heron in Suffolk, White-tailed Eagle in Lincolnshire, Pectoral Sandpiper in Yorkshire, Buff-breasted Sandpiper in County Wexford, Red-necked Phalarope in Norfolk, Kentish Plover in Kent and Woodchat Shrike in Gwynedd.
-  Will Soar, RBA