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Monday 6th January 2014  
  In Highland the American Coot lingered at Loch Flemington whilst in Glamorgan the Thayer's Gull and American Herring Gull both remained at Burry Holms. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Lesser Scaup in Highland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, White-billed Diver and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and Two-barred Crossbills in South Yorkshire (6) and Shropshire.

The best of the scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), Rose-coloured Starling and Serin (Isles of Scilly), Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), two Yellow-browed Warblers, 14 Glossy Ibises and at least 31 Parrot Crossbills.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA