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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Tuesday 2nd April 2013  
  Today's lingering rarities included the Harlequin Duck and two White-billed Divers on the Western Isles, Pied-billed Grebe in Somerset, Snowy Owl on the Aberdeenshire /Moray border, Penduline Tit in Kent, Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, another White-billed Diver on Orkney, single Lesser Scaups in Herefordshire, Lincolnshire, Cornwall and Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Oxfordshire, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire and Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire.

Scarcity highlights included five White-spotted Bluethroats, two Kentish Plovers, a Hoopoe, a Pallas's Warbler, a Rose-coloured Starling, three Great Grey Shrikes, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, two Ring-necked Ducks, two American Wigeon, a Kumlien's Gull, two Iceland Gulls, four Glaucous Gulls, four Caspian Gulls, a Ring-billed Gull and a White-tailed Eagle.
-  Will Soar, RBA