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Wednesday 24th February 2010  
  The highlight of the day was a white morph Gyr seen briefly near Newquay, Cornwall.

Lingering rarities included the Black Duck and Lesser Scaup still together in Cornwall, the Red-breasted Goose in Devon, Black Kite in Powys, Glossy Ibis in County Wexford, Lesser Scaups in both Clyde and Glamorgan and single Little Buntings in both Cornwall and Highland.

Scarcities included 26 Waxwings across seven counties, 16 Shorelarks (together in Norfolk), 14 Tundra Bean Geese, six each of Snow Goose and Great White Egret, four each of Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal, three Great Grey Shrikes, two each of Cattle Egret (together in Cornwall), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Black Brant, Ring-billed Gull, Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull and single Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria), American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway) and Caspian Gull (Leicestershire).
-  Chris Batty, RBA