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Friday 27th January 2012  
  Long staying rarities still present today included the Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Ross's Gull in County Down, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Desert Wheatear and two Northern Long-tailed Tits in Yorkshire, single Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Devon and Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim.

Scarcity highlights included Temminck's Stint, White Stork, two Yellow-browed Warblers, five Great Grey Shrikes and seven Rough-legged Buzzards.
-  Will Soar, RBA