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Tuesday 19th April 2011  
  New discoveries today included at least one Tawny Pipit on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, Red-rumped Swallow briefly at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, Subalpine Warbler trapped and ringed at Swannay, Orkney, Bee-eater at Hartland Point, Devon, White-billed Diver at Burghead, Moray, Ross's Goose at Golspie, Highland and Gull-billed Tern at Hayle, Cornwall.

Long staying rarities included Rufous Turtle Dove in Oxfordshire, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Black Stork in Hampshire and King Eider in Aberdeenshire.

Spring scarcities included a Wryneck, a Night Heron, a Kentish Plover, a White-spotted Bluethroat, a Purple Heron, four Hoopoes. seven Woodchat Shrikes and 22 Dotterel.
Will Soar, RBA
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