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Sunday 6th April 2008  
  Lingering rarities included Black Duck in Pembrokeshire, American Herring Gull in County Galway, King Eider in Ayrshire, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Bonaparte's Gull on the Western Isles, Great White Egret in Somerset and both Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Scaup in Forth.

Cattle Egret reports comprised six in Cornwall, five in Devon and singles in each of Cheshire, Dorset and Norfolk.

Scarce spring migrants were headlined by a Purple Heron in Somerset, Hoopoe in Berkshire and a Night Heron on the Shetland Isles. The singing Pallas's Warbler remained in Dorset.
Chris Batty, RBA
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