Sunday 15th August 2021
	A Long-billed Dowitcher was found at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Lingering rarities included the Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Elegant Tern in Merseyside, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Black Storks in Lincolnshire and Suffolk/Essex, Black-winged Pratincole in Shetland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cheshire, two Pacific Golden Plovers in Lincolnshire and one in Norfolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and six Wilson's Petrels from the Scilly pelagic. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Honey Buzzards, a Purple Heron, three Glossy Ibises, a Pectoral Sandpiper, an American Golden Plover, a Cory's Shearwater, six Great Shearwaters, a Long-tailed Skua, a Pomarine Skua and a Ring-billed Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA