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Tuesday 4th March 2008  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today in Britain included both the White-crowned Sparrow and Ross's Goose in Norfolk, Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Cornwall, Glossy Ibis in Lincolnshire, Red-breasted Goose in West Sussex, Great White Egret in Cambridgeshire and single Lesser Scaups in both Dumfries and Galloway and Warwickshire.

In Ireland both the Barrow's Goldeneye and Forster's Tern remained in County Down as did the American Buff-bellied Pipit in County Cork, Ferruginous Duck in County Armagh and both American Herring Gull and Forster's Tern still together in County Galway.

Cattle Egret reports comprised fifteen in Cornwall, two in Devon and singles in both Cheshire and Glamorgan.
Chris Batty, RBA
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