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Wednesday 25th August 2021  
  Discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, and a Greenish Warbler in North Yorkshire at Saltwick Nab, whilst in Norfolk a Long-billed Dowitcher reappeared at Hickling Broad.

Rarities confirmed as still present were single Greenish Warblers in East Yorkshire, the Isles of Scilly, and the Shetland Isles, Snowy Owl on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmathenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs on Scilly, and Bonaparte's Gull on the Shetland Isles.

Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Dorset), American Golden Plover (Orkney Isles), Pectoral Sandpiper (Norfolk), Icterine Warbler (East Yorkshire), Common Rosefinch (Shetland), Temminck's Stint (Northumberland), Sabine's Gull (Cleveland), three Long-tailed Skuas, four of both Melodious Warbler and Red-backed Shrike, five Barred Warblers, 12 Wrynecks, and a total of 13 Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA