Tuesday 11th May 2021
	Rarities discovered today comprised a Gull-billed Tern in Argyll on Tiree, Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk at Holme, Savi's Warbler in North Yorkshire at Heslington, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall at Hayle, a Red-footed Falcon briefly in East Sussex, and Red-rumped Swallows in Hampshire at Titchfield Haven, and Kent at Samphire Hoe. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were Calandra Lark, Rustic Bunting, and Hooded Merganser all on the Shetland Isles, both American Herring Gull and Blue-winged Teal in Cornwall, Snowy Owl on the Orkney Isles, Black Stork in Kent, Whiskered Tern in Dorset, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in Suffolk, Kentish Plover in Northyumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Nottinghamshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Isles of Scilly, and Savi's Warblers in both Bedfordshire and Carmarthenshire. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Cornwall), Serin (Dorset), Richard's Pipit and Montagu's Harrier (Norfolk), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Lapland Bunting (Western Isles), Yellow-browed Warbler (Shetland), two each of Woodchat Shrike, Little Bunting, Wryneck, and Ring-necked Duck, four of both Hoopoe and Glossy Ibis, five of Golden Oriole and Temminck's Stint, seven Grey-headed Wagtails, and a total of 16 migrant Dotterel.
-  Chris Batty, RBA