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Sunday 13th February 2011  
  The highlight of the day was the continued presence of both the Pacific Divers; in Cornwall and County Clare. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Northern Harrier still in Norfolk, American Herring Gull in County Galway, Red-breasted Goose in Fife, Bonaparte's Gull on Anglesey, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in County Durham and five Northern Long-tailed Tits together in Kent.

Scarcities included 29 Tundra Bean Geese, 22 Lapland Buntings, 16 Shorelarks, seven Great Grey Shrikes, six each of both Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull, four Black Brants, three each of Ring-necked Duck, Ring-billed Gull and Rough-legged Buzzard, two each of Surf Scoter and Caspian Gull, and single Green-winged Teal (Cleveland), Kumlien's Gull (Shetland Isles), Rose-coloured Starling and Cattle Egret (both Cornwall).
-  Chris Batty, RBA