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Wednesday 21st January 2015  
  Rarities today comrpised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, both Pacific Diver and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, American Coot and Black Scoter in County Kerry, three Penduline Tits together in Devon, Blue-winged Teal on the Orkney Isles, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both County Dublin and East Sussex.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), Night Heron (Kent), Lapland Bunting (Somerset), Little Auk (Fife), two each of Yellow-browed Warbler, Ring-necked Duck, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Cattle Egret and Waxwing, three Rough-legged Buzzards, five Shorelarks, and seven Great Grey Shrikes. Notable gulls included 17 Glaucous, six Ring-billed, five Iceland, two Kumlien's and two Caspians.
Chris Batty, RBA
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