Thursday 20th May 2021
	The highlights of the day again came from Norfolk where a Collared Pratincole appeared between Blakeney and Cley, an Alpine Swift moved west along the coast between West Runton and Hunstanton, and a Red-rumped Swallow showed briefly at Titchwell. Elsewhere, in Dorset a Bonaparte's Gull and Black-winged Stilt were together at Lodmoor, and on the Shetland Isles a Great Reed Warbler arrived on Fair Isle, and a Bee-eater was new on Foula. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Franklin's Gull in West Yorkshire, territorial Savi's Warbler in North Yorkshire, two White-billed Divers together on the Shetland Isles, and in Highland both Bonaparte's Gull and King Eider. Scarcities included Serin (Norfolk), Wryneck and Lapland Bunting (Shetland), Sabine's Gull and Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall), Little Auk (Orkney Isles), two each of Golden Oriole, Purple Heron, and Temminck's Stint, and a total of five mobile Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA