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Monday 19th January 2015  
  Highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black Duck on Isles of Scilly. Elsewhere lingering rarities included Harlequin Duck (Aberdeenshire), Pacific Diver and Lesser Scaup (Cornwall), Ivory Gull (Highland), American Coot (Western Isles), Dusky Warbler (West Sussex) and Bonaparte's Gull (Devon).

The best of the rest included Night Heron and two Cattle Egrets (Kent), Glossy Ibis (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Richard's Pipit (Norfolk), two Yellow-browed Warblers, three American Wigeons, at least four Ring-necked Ducks and seven Waxwings.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA