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Saturday 23rd October 2021  
  New rarities today comprised in Cornwall a Brown Shrike at Pendeen and a Radde's Warbler at Cadgwith, a Pallid Harrier in Kent at Abbot's Cliff, a Radde's Warbler in Suffolk at Shingle Street, a King Eider in Lothian at Ravesheugh Bay, a Ferruginous Duck briefly in Cambridgeshire at Needingworth Quarry, and White-billed Divers in both County Durham and Fife (2).

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover in County Cork, Forster's Tern in County Louth, both Hume's Warbler and Red-flanked Bluetail on the Shetland Isles, Arctic Warbler in Cleveland, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Ross's Goose in Angus, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Shetland), Common Rosefinch and Black Brant (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), two each of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Rose-coloured Starling, Hoopoe, and Green-winged Teal, three of Pectoral Sandpiper and Sabine's Gull, four of American Golden Plover and Long-tailed Skua, eight Ring-necked Ducks, 11 Glossy Ibises, and 13 Lapland Buntings.

Significant late news from Shetland yesterday concerned a Black-throated Thrush at Compass Head, Mainland.
Chris Batty, RBA
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