Thursday 11th November 2021
	Discoveries today included a Pied Wheatear in Kent at Reculver, a Black Scoter in Moray at Lossiemouth, a Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus at Montrose Basin, and in Essex now two Red-breasted Geese together on the Dengie. Lingering rarities confirmed a still present were both the White-tailed Lapwing and Dusky Warbler in East Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Pied Wheatear in Northumberland, Desert Wheatear in Devon, Radde's Warbler on the Isles of Scilly, Dusky Warbler in Cumbria, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, King Eiders in both Moray and the Shetland Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Norfolk), Serin (Cornwall), Pectoral Sandpiper (Devon), American Wigeon (Highland), two each of Great Grey Shrike, Great Shearwater, Green-winged Teal, and Black Brant, three of Yellow-browed Warbler and Snow Goose, six of Surf Scoter and Lapland Bunting, nine Shorelarks, 11 Glossy Ibises, and a total of 15 Ring-necked Ducks (including eight still together in Cornwall).
-  Chris Batty, RBA