Thursday 26th August 2021
	Blacktoft Sands RSPB recorded its 52nd wader species with a White-tailed Lapwing on view all day. The Black-browed Albatross was present early in the morning and again from just before 5pm at Bempton Cliffs; in the meantime, there was a sighting of an adult off Sheringham in Norfolk at lunchtime, about 95 miles away. A flock of nine Bee-eaters were at Beachy Head in Sussex in the morning, a White-rumped Sandpiper appeared at Aberlady Bay in Aberdeenshire in the evening, and a Black Kite flew over Conyer in Kent. In Borders, a Citrine Wagtail was reported near Cove. Positive updates were received on the Forster's Tern in Co.Louth, Black-winged Pratincole in Shetland, Pacific Golden Plover in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, Greenish Warbler in North Yorkshire and Citrine Wagtail on Scilly. Other highlights included Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Kent), two American Golden Plovers, Red-necked Phalarope (Kent), three Dotterel, five Sabine's Gulls, six Glossy Ibises, Purple Heron (Somerset), 10 Wrynecks, Red-backed Shrike (Cambridgeshire), two Barred Warblers, Rose-coloured Starling (Co.Derry) and Common Rosefinch (Orkney).
-  David Campbell, RBA