NewsMap Lite - Rare and scarce birds in the British Isles today - from Rare Bird Alert
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Most recent
RBA news as at 07:06 (Includes local news not shown on NewsMap Lite)
Lingering rarities included the Black-throated Thrush in North
Yorkshire, Thayer's Gull and Forster's Tern in Co Galway,
Little Bunting in Highland, Black Kite in Powys and Lesser Scaup
in Cornwall.
Elsewhere one each of American Wigeon, Great White Egret and
Rose-coloured Starling, two Ring-necked Ducks, three Rough-legged
Buzzards, five Cattle Egrets and twelve Waxwings were
reported.