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Friday 7th May 2021  
  The Northern Mockingbird remained in Newbiggin, Northumberland throughout the day.

New discoveries today included a Black Kite over High Coniscliffe, County Durham and single Red-rumped Swallows at Hollesley, Suffolk, Little Wooldon Moss, Greater Manchester and Brading, Isle of Wight.

Other lingering rarities seen today included the Collared Pratincole in Merseyside, Tawny Pipit in Dorset, Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Savi's Warblers in Bedfordshire and Carmarthenshire, Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Hooded Merganser in Angus, Blue-winged Teal in Cornwall, American Herring Gull in Cornwall, Bonaparte's Gull in Worcestershire, Whiskered Tern in Dorset and three White-billed Divers in Shetland and one in Aberdeenshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA