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Tuesday 8th April 2014  
  Rarities today comprised the Red-rumped Swallow still in Dorset, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Kent, Dusky Warbler in Suffolk, Two-barred Crossbill in both Norfolk (2) and Shropshire, Ferruginous Duck confirmed in Northumberland, and a Bee-eater heard in West Sussex.

Scarcities included five Hoopoes, four each of both Glossy Ibis and Lapland Bunting, three each of Surf Scoter and Ring-necked Duck, two Snow Geese, Cattle Egret (Buckinghamshire), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and Little Auk (Cumbria). Gull totals included eight Glaucous, six Iceland and a Ring-billed.
Chris Batty, RBA
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