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Sunday 4th March 2012  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Hooded Merganser in Kent, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Red-breasted Geese in both Hampshire and Suffolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Spotted Sandpipers in both Dorset and Somerset, two Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wexford, and Glossy Ibises in Dorset (2), Lancashire, Norfolk (4), Pembrokeshire (3) and Suffolk.

Scarcities logged included the Pectoral Sandpiper still in Ayrshire, Rose-coloured Starlings in Anglesey, Ayrshire and Hampshire, Yellow-browed Warblers in Cornwall and Hampshire, 33 Tundra Bean Geese, single American Wigeons in Devon, Norfolk, Orkney Islands and West Yorkshire, whilst gull totals included three Ring-billed, 12 Kumlien's, 13 Glaucous and 112 Iceland.
Chris Batty, RBA
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