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Friday 20th March 2009  
  A party of three Penduline Tits at Dingle Marshes RSPB, Suffolk was today's main new discovery. Lingering rarities included another Penduline Tit and an American Herring Gull in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk and Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire. Two Great White Egrets were seen in Norfolk and another remained in Clyde, whilst a total of 18 Cattle Egrets included 13 in Cornwall.

Hoopoes were observed at Martin's Haven, Pembrokeshire and Sherkin Island, Co Cork, a Richard's Pipit was briefly at Hornsea Mere, East Yorkshire and the Yellow-browed Warbler continued to show well in Bridport, Dorset.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA