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Sunday 21st November 2021  
  New discoveries today included a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Boddam, Shetland, single White-billed Divers off Isle of Skye, Highland and South Nesting, Shetland (where the long staying bird remained), two Cackling Geese at Balemore, Western Isles, single Lesser Scaups at Lough Sheelin, County Cavan and Loch Stiapabhat, Western Isles and two at Loch Skerrols, Argyll (joining the lingering bird), and the returning Ferruginous Duck appeared at Blashford Lakes, Hampshire.

Other lingering rarities still present included the White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs and Forster's Tern in County Galway, Northern Harrier in County Offaly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Lesser Scaup in County Sligo, Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands, two Red-breasted Geese in Essex, two White-billed Divers in Orkney and two Dusky Warblers in Cornwall.

Scarcities included a Pallas's Warbler, a Little Bunting, a Red-backed Shrike, four Great Grey Shrikes, two Yellow-browed Warblers, five Lapland Buntings, six Shorelarks, 13 Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, an American Wigeon, three Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teal, six Ring-necked Ducks, two Todd's Canada Geese, six Snow Geese, 21 Tundra Bean Geese, 29 Taiga Bean Geese, an American Golden Plover, 22 Grey Phalaropes, 200 Little Auks, two Leach's Petrels, a Long-tailed Skua, 28 Pomarine Skuas, a Sabine's Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, five Glaucous Gulls and 11 Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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