Wednesday 28th April 2021
	New rarities discovered today comprised a Franklin's Gull in County Kerry at Black Rock Strand, a Olive-backed Pipit in Cornwall at Kenidjack, a Citrine Wagtail briefly in Somerset at Weston, and a flyby Whiskered Tern in Dorset at West Bay. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Eastern Subalpine Warbler on the Shetland Isles, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Glamorgan (2) and Worcestershire, two White-billed Divers together in Aberdeenshire, and the Marbled Duck in London. Scarcities included Little Bunting (East Sussex), Sabine's Gull (Cumbria), Hoopoe and Black Brant (Highland), Dotterel (Lincolnshire), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall), and two each of Purple Heron, Wryneck, and Glossy Ibis. Significant late news concerned a Gull-billed Tern present yesterday in County Donegal at Carrickfinn.
-  Chris Batty, RBA