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Monday 17th November 2008  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a brief American Black Tern on South Uist, Western Isles – only the second British record.

Lingering rarities comprised the Dark-eyed Junco in Somerset, Steppe Grey Shrike in Lincolnshire, Sardinian Warbler and King Eider in Devon, Two-barred Crossbill in North Yorkshire, Cattle Egret in Cumbria, Great White Egret in County Galway, Hooded Merganser in Dorset, single Lesser Scaups in both Cornwall and Gloucestershire and Ferruginous Ducks in Glamorgan and Leicestershire.

The Waxwing tally for the day reached a minimum of 1,153 birds in eighteen counties including 289 in Ayrshire, 160 in Cleveland, 137 in Clyde, 120 in Lothian, 114 in Highland and 107 in Dumfries and Galloway.
Chris Batty, RBA
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