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Thursday 16th April 2009  
  New rarities today included a Black Kite on the Isles of Scilly and a Great White Egret in Suffolk, with another of the latter still in Clyde.

Lingering rarities included Red-rumped Swallow in Wirral, White-throated Sparrow in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Oxfordshire and lesser golden plover in Norfolk. The Lesser Scaup remained in County Down, and four Cattle Egrets were in County Cork.

A drake Wood Duck was present on Shetland this afternoon.
Will Soar, RBA
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