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Friday 21st December 2012  
  Lingering rarites confirmed as still present today were the Rose-breasted Grosbeak on the Isles of Scilly, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire, Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, single Lesser Scaups in each of County Clare, Cornwall and Somerset, and Glossy Ibis in both Hampshire and Pembrokeshire.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Great Grey Shrike (Oxfordshire and Surrey), American Wigeon (West Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall (2), Lincolnshire and Isles of Scilly (3)), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry (2)), Cattle Egret (County Donegal), and Great White Egret (Hampshire, Kent (2), Northamptonshire and Suffolk).

Waxwings were recorded across 43 counties between Highland, County Durham, Kent and the Isles of Scilly, with maximum counts comprising 211 in Gloucestershire, 100 in both Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, 93 in South Yorkshire and 90 in Essex.
Chris Batty, RBA
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