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Saturday 5th January 2013  
  New rarities discovered today comprised a Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan on the Ogmore Estuary, and a Penduline Tit at Stodmarsh, Kent.

Elsewhere, lingering raities confirmed as still present were the Desert Wheatear and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Duck in Highland, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, single Red-breasted Geese in Dumfries and Galloway, Hampshire and Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Lincolnshire and Pembrokeshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Glossy Ibis in Hampshire, and Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Yellow-browed Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Cattle Egret (County Donegal), Temminck's Stint (Somerset), Rough-legged Buzzard (Lincolnshire and Norfolk), Ring-billed Gull (County Dublin, Hampshire and County Kerry), Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall (2), Devon, Pembrokeshire and Somerset), Great Grey Shrike (Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire (2), Hertfordshire and Staffordshire).
Chris Batty, RBA
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