Friday 20th August 2021
	The Elegant Tern reappeared in Lancashire today, this time at Knott End. Other lingering rarities seen today included the Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Black Stork and Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, Black-winged Pratincole in Shetland, Long-billed Dowitchers in Carmarthenshire and Cheshire and Lesser Yellowlegs and four Wilson's Petrels in Scilly. Scarcity highlights included an Ortolan Bunting, a Barred Warbler, a Red-backed Shrike, three Rose-coloured Starlings, four Common Rosefinches, a Temminck's Stint, an American Golden Plover, a Purple Heron, three Glossy Ibises, a Cory's Shearwater, a Great Shearwater, two Pomarine Skuas, four Long-tailed Skuas and an Iceland Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA