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Sunday 23rd January 2011  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as present today comprised the Pacific Diver still in Cornwall, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Northern Harrier and Ferruginous Duck all in Norfolk, Pied-billed Grebe and House Crow in County Cork, American Herring Gull in County Londonderry, Red-breasted Geese in both Hampshire and Lancashire, Coues's Arctic Redpolls in County Durham (2) and Bedfordshire, Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Gloucestershire, Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk and five Northern Long-tailed Tits together in Kent.

Scarcities included 23 Shorelarks, 13 Lapland Buntings, 12 each of both Great Grey Shrike and Tundra Bean Goose, 11 Iceland Gulls, nine Glaucous Gulls, seven each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Ring-billed Gull and Great White Egret, four Caspian Gulls, three Surf Scoters, two each of both American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, and single White-tailed Eagle (Hampshire), Great Shearwater (North Yorkshire), Snow Goose (County Down), Little Auk (County Cork) and Black Brant (Norfolk).
Chris Batty, RBA
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