Wednesday 28th July 2021
	Lingering Mega-rarities comprised Elegant Tern on Anglesey, Western Sandpiper in Norfolk and Least Tern in Co Dublin, whilst Pacific Golden Plovers (Anglesey and Lincolnshire), Long-billed Dowitcher (Cheshire), Subalpine warbler species (Western Isles), King Eider and Bonaparte's Gull (Shetland), Bonaparte's Gull (Kent) and Black Scoter Aberdeenshire all lingered. A new 1st-summer Baltic Gull was discovered in Oxfordshire. The best of the rest included Pectoral Sandpiper (South Yorkshire), four Rose-coloured Starlings (all on Northern Isles), two Glossy Ibises (Norfolk and Cambridgeshire) and Cory's Shearwaters off the East Yorkshire and Cornish coastlines.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA