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Wednesday 7th April 2021  
  Rarities today comprised both the Northern Mockingbird and Lesser Yellowlegs still in Devon, the White-winged Scoter again in Lothian, both American Herring Gull and Western Subalpine Warbler still in Cornwall, Alpine Swift in Pembrokeshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in North Yorkshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Gloucestershire, Dusky Warbler in Merseyside, two Red-rumped Swallows together in Kent, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together on the Western Isles, and three White-billed Divers together on the Orkney Isles.

Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Wiltshire), Purple Heron (Essex), Night Heron (Isle of Wight), Bluethroat (Northumberland), Richard's Pipit (Cheshire), Serin (Cornwall), Wryneck (Pembrokeshire), Sabine's Gull (Moray), Taiga Bean Goose (Suffolk), two each of Little Bunting, Hoopoe, Yellow-browed Warbler, and Great Grey Shrike, three of Grey Phalarope, four of Surf Scoter and Green-winged Teal, five Glossy Ibises, 12 Lapland Buntings, and a total of 13 Ring-necked Ducks.

Incoming spring migrants included Wood Warbler (West Sussex), Little Tern (Hampshire), Nightingale (Kent), Grasshopper Warbler (London), two each of Blue-headed Wagtail and Cuckoo, four Hobbies, five Pied Flycatchers, and a total of 41 Garganey.

Significant late news concerned a Great Spotted Cuckoo sound-recorded at Stroud, Gloucestershire in the early hours of 31st March.
Chris Batty, RBA
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