Friday 6th August 2021
	Rarities today comprised the Black-browed Albatross still in East Yorkshire, Elegant Tern still in Merseyside, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cheshire, Black-winged Stilt in Somerset, Baltic Gull in Oxfordshire, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Kent and the Shetland Isles, and White-rumped Sandpipers in County Dublin and Suffolk. Notable seabirds were logged between County Clare and the Isles of Scilly including eight Wilson's Petrels, three Sabine's Gulls, Long-tailed Skua, 15 Cory's Shearwaters, and 82 Great Shearwaters. Other scarcities included Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, and Long-tailed Skua (all on the Shetland Isles), Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), Glossy Ibis (Kent), Glaucous Gull (County Londonderry), three Pectoral Sandpipers, and four Rose-coloured Starlings. Significant late news concerned a further sighting of the elusive Egyptian Vulture; last seen on 4th August in County Mayo at Ceide Fields.
-  Chris Batty, RBA