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Tuesday 11th November 2008  
  The east coast continued to support several eastern rarities with the Steppe Grey Shrike still in Lincolnshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Northumberland, Pied Wheatear in North Yorkshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in both Northumberland the Shetland Isles and Desert Wheatears in Kent, Lincolnshire and Northumberland.

Other lingering rarities included the Two-barred Crossbill in North Yorkshire, King Eider in Devon, American Golden Plover in Norfolk, Great White Egret in Greater Manchester, Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Gloucestershire and Hooded Mergansers in both Dorset and Fife.

Scarce migrant passerines included four each of Serin and Yellow-browed Warbler, two Pallas's Warblers and single Great Grey Shrike and Lapland Bunting. Waxwings totalled 1,073 birds in nineteen counties; 892 of which were in Scotland.
Chris Batty, RBA
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