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Sunday 28th February 2021  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bonaparte's Gull in Gloucestershire at Slimbridge. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Northern Mockingbird still in Devon, Rustic Bunting still in Surrey, White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, and two Dusky Warblers still together in Merseyside.

Scarcities included Ring-billed Gull (County Fermanagh), Shorelark (Lothian), Lapland Bunting (Kent), Green-winged Teal (County Tipperary), Little Auk (Moray), Black Brant (Dorset), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), Grey Phalarope and Great Grey Shrike (both Hampshire), two Little Buntings, three Glossy Ibises, four each of both Surf Scoter and Waxwing, and a total of seven Ring-necked Ducks.

Incoming spring migrants included Garganey (Cambridgeshire), eight Wheatears, and 14 Sand Martins.
Chris Batty, RBA
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