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Sunday 1st April 2012  
  The highlights of the day were the discovery of a Blue-winged Teal in Clyde at Drumclog, a brief Subalpine Warbler in London at Greenwich, and a Ross's Goose in Aberdeenshire at Rattray Head.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Northern Waterthrush on the Isles of Scilly, Greater Yellowlegs and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Black-winged Stilt in County Wexford, Blue-winged Teal in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpiper and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Little Bunting in Devon, and Glossy Ibises in Cleveland, Conwy, Essex (2), Lancashire and Suffolk.

Spring scarcities included a Purple Heron in County Waterford, Wryneck in Devon, two Night Herons (County Cork and County Durham), two Richard's Pipits (Dorset and Norfolk), three Green-winged Teals, and a totla of seven Hoopoes between County Cork and Hampshire.
Chris Batty, RBA
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