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Friday 2nd January 2009  
  The days news was dominated by the confirmation of Britain's second Glaucous-winged Gull at Cowpen Bewley in Cleveland. It is an adult bird but, as it is unringed, is a different individual to that present in the winter of 2006/7. It was present on and off in the morning and again in mid afternoon.

Elsewhere, a White-billed Diver was found at John O'Groats harbour in Highland, five new Cattle Egrets were in Devon and a Richardson's Canada Goose was found at Caerlaverock along with the Taverner's that has been present for a while. The Snowy Owl remained in Cornwall, King Eiders were still to be found in Fife and on the Shetlands, and the Forster's Tern was still in County Galway.

A Short-toed Lark was an unseasonal find at Arbroath in Angus.
Pete Hayman, RBA
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