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Sunday 19th December 2010  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the American Robin in County Sligo, although it did prove elusive. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised both the Lesser White-fronted Goose and Northern Harrier in Norfolk, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Little Bunting in Suffolk and Ferruginous Duck in County Armagh.

Scarcities included 24 Shorelarks, 19 each of Lapland Bunting and Tundra Bean Goose, six Rough-legged Buzzards, five each of both Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull, four Great Grey Shrikes, three Caspian Gulls, two each of Green-winged Teal and Black Brant, and single Ring-necked Duck (North Yorkshire), Great White Egret (Nottinghamshire), Little Auk (Pembrokeshire), Pomarine Skua (Aberdeenshire), Ring-billed Gull and Balearic Shearwater (both Cornwall),
-  Chris Batty, RBA