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Sunday 15th April 2012  
  Rarities recorded today comprised the Greater Yellowlegs, King Eider and White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, Black-winged Stilts in both Dorset and Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitchers in Carmarthenshire, Somerset (2) and County Wexford (2), Blue-winged Teals in both Clyde and Cornwall, Little Bunting in Devon, Richardson's Canada Goose on the Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Wiltshire, and Glossy Ibises in both Pembrokeshire (3) and the Western Isles.

Scarcities included Night Heron (Cornwall), Hoopoe (Norfolk), Richard's Pipit (Dorset), Yellow-browed Warbler (Worcestershire), Surf Scoter (County Dublin), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall and South Yorkshire) and Cattle Egret (Cornwall, Essex and County Wexford (2)).

A total of 139 Ring Ouzels was logged across southern England between Cheshire, Norfolk, Surrey and Hampshire.
Chris Batty, RBA
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