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Tuesday 9th November 2021  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Desert Wheatear in Devon at Thurlestone whilst other new birds included a Dusky Warbler in East Yorkshire at Spurn and a White-billed Diver at St Andrews, Fife.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the White-crowned Sparrow on the Shetland Isles, both White-tailed Lapwing and Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire, Pacific Golden Plovers in both Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose and Lesser Scaup in Argyll, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup on the Isles of Scilly, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire.

Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Norfolk), Serin (Kent), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), Great Shearwater (Northumberland), two each of American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and Great Grey Shrike, three Richard's Pipits, four Yellow-browed Warblers, six Surf Scoters, seven Shorelarks, eight Lapland Buntings, nine Glossy Ibises, and a total of 11 Ring-necked Ducks included eight together in Cornwall.
Chris Batty, RBA
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