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Wednesday 24th February 2021  
  Rarities today comprised the Bufflehead still in Warwickshire at Coton, the Rustic Bunting still in Surrey at Thursley Common, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside at Ainsdale, and two White-billed Divers together on the Shetland Isles in Bluemull Sound.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Surrey), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Shorelark (Lothian), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), two each of Rose-coloured Starling, Surf Scoter, Green-winged Teal, and Lapland Bunting, four Waxwings, six Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of nine Glossy Ibises.

Incoming spring migrants included Garganey (Cheshire), Ring Ouzel (East Yorkshire), Wheatear (Somerset), three Sand Martins (together in Cambridgeshire), and 10 White Wagtails.
-  Chris Batty, RBA