Friday 5th November 2021
	A White-crowned Sparrow was discovered at Easting, Unst, Shetland this morning, where it showed very well. Other new discoveries today included a Red-flanked Bluetail at Flamborough and a Dusky Warbler at Kilnsea, both Yorkshire, another Dusky Warbler at Wells, Norfolk and a White-biled Diver flew past Fife Ness, Fife. Lingering rarities included the Taiga Flycatcher and White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaups in Scilly and Argyll, Wilson's Phalarope in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, Radde's Warbler in Kent and Ross's Goose in Ayrshire. Scarcity highlights included a Short-toed Lark, a Barred Warbler, a Bluethroat, a Wryneck, a Richard's Pipit, a Little Bunting, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Rose-coloured Starlings, four Shorelarks, eight Yellow-browed Warblers, 14 Lapland Buntings, a Green-winged Teal, two American Wigeon, four Surf Scoters, seven Ring-necked Ducks, 17 Taiga Bean Geese, three Glossy Ibises, two Pectoral Sandpipers, ten Grey Phalaropes, a Leach's Petrel, around 1,416 Little Auks, two Pomarine Skuas, two Glaucous Gulls, two Iceland Gulls and a Ring-billed Gull.
-  Will Soar, RBA