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Thursday 29th December 2011  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Greater Yellowlegs in Highland, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Desert Wheatears in both East Yorkshire and Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose, Spotted Sandpiper and Glossy Ibis in Devon, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, King Eider in Moray, Blue-winged Teal in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, Ross's Goose in Cumbria, Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Northumberland, and Glossy Ibises in Kent (2), Lancashire and the Isles of Scilly.

Scarcities included Bluethroat (County Waterford), Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), Pectoral Sandpiper (Ayrshire), Surf Scoter (Cornwall and Devon), American Wigeon (Devon and Dumfries and Galloway), Ring-necked Duck (Cleveland, Dorset (2) and Norfolk) and Snow Goose (Argyll, County Donegal, Forth and Perth and Kinross).

A total of 101 Tundra Bean Geese were recorded across thirteen counties between Angus, County Donegal and Suffolk.
Chris Batty, RBA
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