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Thursday 11th February 2021  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Northern Mockingbird in Devon, White-throated Sparrow in Sussex, Rustic Bunting in Surrey and Dusky Warbler in Merseyside.

Scarcity highlights included a Black-bellied Dipper, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, four Lapland Buntings, a Grey Phalarope, two Glossy Ibises, three Ring-necked Ducks, four Black Brants, five Tundra Bean Geese, ten Glaucous Gulls and 22 Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
Wednesday 10th February 2021  
  In Norfolk, an adult Lammergeier was seen over Bylaugh Park near Bawdeswell.

Lingering rarities still present today included the Northern Mockingbird in Devon, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and White-billed Divers in Shetland and Orkney (2).

Scarcity highlights included a Shorelark, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Grey Phalaropes, a Green-winged Teal, an American Wigeon, six Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Snow Goose, four Black Brants, 18 Tundra Bean Geese, two Kumlien's Gulls, nine Glaucous Gulls and 19 Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
Tuesday 9th February 2021  
  A Dusky Warbler discovered today in North Yorkshire at Ainderby Steeple is the furthest north of the fifteen Dusky Warblers located in England since 1st December 2020.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were in Devon both the Northern Mockingbird at Exmouth and Lesser Yellowlegs at Aveton Gifford, the White-throated Sparrow in East Sussex at Barcombe, Rustic Bunting in Surrey at Thursley Common, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside at Ainsdale.

Scarcities included Ring-billed Gull (County Limerick), Great Grey Shrike (Surrey), Grey Phalarope (Northumberland), Glossy Ibis (Kent), two each of Little Bunting and Green-winged Teal, three of Yellow-browed Warbler and Kumlien's Gull, and a total of 10 Ring-necked Ducks.
Chris Batty, RBA
Monday 8th February 2021  
  In Devon, the Northern Mockingbird remained in Exmouth, with other lingering rarities including the Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside and Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, four Lapland Buntings, three Grey Phalaropes, a Green-winged Teal, five Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, two Todd's Canada Geese, seven Tundra Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Kumlien's Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls and 17 Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
Sunday 7th February 2021  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Northern Mockingbird in Devon at Exmouth where it was first seen around a month ago.

Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter again in Lothian at Eastfield, the Rustic Bunting still in Surrey, Lesser Yellowlegs still in Devon, and two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles.

Scarcities included Sabine's Gull (Angus), Kumlien's Gull (County Armagh), Black Brant (Dorset), two each of Surf Scoter, Green-winged Teal, Great Grey Shrike, Yellow-browed Warbler, and Leach's Petrel, three Little Buntings, four Ring-billed Gulls, and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks.

Significant late news concerns the Forster's Tern again present yesterday in County Galway; it is beieved to be the same individual that was first seen there on 26th November 2003.
Chris Batty, RBA
Friday 5th February 2021  
  A White-billed Diver flew past Pendeen Watch, Cornwall, whilst lingering rarities included the Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire and Rustic Bunting in Surrey.

Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Little Buntings, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Lapland Buntings, three Waxwings, a Glossy Ibis, a Surf Scoter, two Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Pomarine Skuas, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, eight Glaucous Gulls and 25 Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
Thursday 4th February 2021  
  Rarities today comprised the Rustic Bunting still in Surrey at Thursley Common, and a Dusky Warbler still in Merseyside at Ainsdale.

Scarcities included Ring-billed Gull (County Antrim), Surf Scoter (Highland), Glossy Ibis (Kent), Great Grey Shrike, and two Little Buntings (all together in Surrey), three Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Lapland Buntings, and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks.
Chris Batty, RBA
Tuesday 2nd February 2021  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside and Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Great Grey Shrike, two Little Buntings, two Yellow-browed Warblers, five Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, three Tundra Bean Geese, five Pomarine Skuas, a Ring-billed Gull, nine Glaucous Gulls and 13 Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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