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Friday 9th April 2021  
  A Brunnich's Guillemot flew past North Ronaldsay, Orkney.

Lingering rarities seen today included the White-throated Sparrow in Sussex, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Gloucestershire, Two-barred Crossbill in Nottinghamshire, Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Ayrshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon and White-billed Diver in Orkney.

Scarcity highlights included two Hoopoes, two Great Grey Shrikes, four Little Buntings, four Shorelarks, 11 Lapland Buntings, two Little Auks, three Grey Phalaropes, a Night Heron, five Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Surf Scoter, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teal, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Taiga Bean Goose, two Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, ten Glaucous Gulls and 32 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA