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Saturday 12th July 2008  
  The new rarities today were all, most likely, birds that have been sighted nearby recently. A Lesser Yellowlegs was again in Suffolk, this time at Southwold this evening. The first-summer drake King Eider reappeared at Tacumshin, County Wexford, with adult Forster's Tern and adult Pectoral Sandpiper at the same site.

Elsewhere, a Wilson's Petrel was seen from a research vessel 60 miles west of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, and a Cattle Egret flew towards Chesil Beach, Dorset this afternoon. The adult White-billed Diver remained on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, but the Terek Sandpiper in Cleveland appears to have departed.

There are still growing numbers of both Roseate Terns and Spoonbills across the east coast, with other scarcities sighted including Common Rosefinch (Forth), Sabine's Gull (Cleveland), Red-backed Shrike (Norfolk) and Montagu's Harrier (Lincolnshire).
Will Soar, RBA
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