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Saturday 18th January 2014  
  Today's two headline finds both came from the west: a Laughing Gull was found at Ballycotton in County Cork and a drake Blue-winged Teal was found on Mainland Orkney. A Black-bellied Dipper was at Castle Eden Dene in County Durham.

The American Coot remained at Loch Flemington in Highland, the Ivory Gull was still at Tacumshin in County Wexford and the American Buff-bellied Pipit remained at Burton Marsh in Cheshire.

Other lingering rarities included the White-billed Diver in Devon, Forster's Tern in County Mayo, Thayer's Gull in Glamorgan, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, seven Two-barred Crossbills in Yorkshire, Lesser Scaups in Staffordshire, Highland, Cornwall and Western Isles and King Eiders in Lothian and Highland.

Glossy Ibises totalled sixteen whilst large gulls totalled 5 Kumlien's, 26 Glaucous and about 27 Icelands.
Pete Hayman, RBA
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