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Monday 4th February 2008  
  In England, lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the White-crowned Sparrow in Norfolk, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Cornwall, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Great White Egret in Cambridgeshire, Ferruginous Duck in Derbyshire, Glossy Ibises in both Lancashire and Lincolnshire, Ross's Geese in both Lancashire and Norfolk and Falcated Ducks in both Devon and Kent.

In Wales the Pacific Diver remained in Pembrokeshire as did the Spotted Sandpiper in Glamorgan. In Scotland the Spotted Sandpiper was still in Forth as was the Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus. In Ireland an American Herring Gull was seen again in County Galway and a Ferruginous Duck relocated to County Armagh.

Cattle Egrets reports today comprised 23 in Cornwall, six in Devon, two in Somerset and singles in East Sussex, Lincolnshire and West Sussex.
Chris Batty, RBA
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