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Monday 1st January 2007  
  The first day of the new year started well with 24 rarities reported from around the British Isles including a brief Ross's Gull at Landguard, Suffolk and a White-billed Diver in Dunmanus Bay, Co Cork. Major rarities included the Black-eared Kite in Norfolk, Snowy Owl on Western Isles, Ross's Gull in Argyll, two Red-breasted Geese in Lincolnshire and Barrow's Goldeneyes in both Co Down and Forth. Of the rest, a Penduline Tit in Norfolk, Red-throated Pipit in Co Dublin, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and the Falcated Duck in Devon were most notable.

Whilst the seven Ring-necked Ducks, four American Wigeons and five Ring-billed Gulls reported are standard January fare, Sabine's Gull, Manx Shearwaters, Garden Warbler, Turtle Dove and Garganey certainly are not.
Chris Batty, RBA
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