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Tuesday 5th February 2013  
  The Pine Grosbeak continued its stay on North Mainland Shetland. Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised Bonaparte's Gull in East Sussex, Long-billed Dowitchers in Pembrokeshire and Co Wexford, Ferruginous Duck in Bedfordshire, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, American Coot in Co Galway and Black-bellied Dipper in Norfolk.

Scarcities included Richard's Pipits in Highland and Co Louth, Hoopoe in Dorset and two Shorelarks in Norfolk.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA