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Sunday 19th April 2009  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the White-throated Sparrow in Hampshire, Snowy Owl in Cornwall, Subalpine Warbler in East Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex, Lesser Scaup in East Yorkshire, two White-billed Divers together on the Western Isles and the Hooded Merganser in Dorset.

Cattle Egret reports concerned three each in both County Cork and Cornwall and singles in Devon and East Sussex.

Scarcities included two Kentish Plovers together in Cornwall, single Hoopoes in County Cork, Dorset and the Isle of Man, three each of Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, a Rough-legged Buzzard in Cambridgeshire, American Wigeon in Aberdeenshire, Wryneck on the Orkney Isles, Pectoral Sandpiper on the Western Isles and a Great Grey Shrike in Gloucestershire.
Chris Batty, RBA
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