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Tuesday 13th January 2009  
  New rarities today consisted of a female Blue-winged Teal, reported from Alvecote Pools, Warwickshire, where it flew around Teal Pool early afternoon but was unfortunately not relocated, a Ferruginous Duck was at Oxford Island, County Armagh and a Great White Egret was seen from a train near Westbury, Wiltshire.

Elsewhere, lingering rarities consisted of American Herring Gull at Bantry, County Cork, Snowy Owl near St Ives, Cornwall, two Penduline Tits at Rainham Marshes RSPB, London, Red-breasted Goose at Keyhaven, Hampshire, King Eider at Earlsferry, Fife and single Lesser Scaups at Cardiff, Glamorgan and Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.

News regarding the female Steller's Eider, reported from Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd on 4th January was negative, as the record has been found to be a hoax.
Will Soar, RBA
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