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Friday 17th February 2012  
  The Common Yellowthroat remained in-situ in Gwent, becoming the first easily twitchable bird since 1997.

New rarities seen today included a first-winter Bonaparte's Gull in Cardiff, Glamorgan (at the same site also hosting an adult), an American Golden Plover near Davidstow, Cornwall and a Glossy Ibis over Brundall, Norfolk.

Long staying rarities once again comprised the Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Northern Waterthrush on the Isles of Scilly, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Paddyfield Warbler in Sussex, Lesser White-fronted Goose and three Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk, single Glossy Ibises in Kent, Somerset and Ceredigion, single Red-breasted Geese in Suffolk and Devon, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, Ferruginous Duck in Berkshire and single Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan, County Kerry and Cornwall.
Will Soar, RBA
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