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Friday 7th March 2014  
  Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were both the American Coot and Black Duck in Highland, Red-flanked Bluetail in Wiltshire, American Herring Gull and Bonaparte's Gull in Argyll, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in both Kent and Warwickshire, and the Chinese Pond Heron in Kent.

Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Highland), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Lapland Bunting, six Glossy Ibises, and seven Parrot Crossbills, with gull totals comprising 25 Glaucous, 22 Iceland, seven Kumlien's, seven Caspian and five Ring-billed.

Summer migrants included three Garganey (Buckinghamshire (2) and Suffolk), Osprey in Hampshire, Wheatear in Argyll, Sand Martin in both Gloucestershire and London, and two White Wagtails in Dorset.
Chris Batty, RBA
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