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Sunday 16th January 2011  
  Rarities recorded today comprised the American Coot still in County Mayo, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Northern Harrier, Ferruginous Duck and Ross's Goose all in Norfolk, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, Glossy Ibis and six Northern Long-tailed Tits in Kent, and Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Bedfordshire, County Durham (2) and Northumberland.

Scarcities included 52 Shorelarks, 30 Balearic Shearwaters (all off Cornwall), 23 Lapland Buntings, 11 Great Grey Shrikes, nine Tundra Bean Geese, eight each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Iceland Gull, six Caspian Gulls, five each of Ring-billed Gull and Great White Egret, four each of American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, three each of Glaucous Gull, Green-winged Teal and Black Brant, and a single Surf Scoter (in Devon).
Chris Batty, RBA
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