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Saturday 7th February 2015  
  Rarities today comprised the Harlequin Duck still in Aberdeenshire, American Coot on the Western Isles, Pacific Diver and King Eider in Cornwall, Laughing Gull on the Wirral, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in East Sussex, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, Ferruginous Duck in Gloucestershire, and Richardson's Cackling Goose in County Sligo.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Glamorgan), Rose-coloured Starling (Northumberland), two each of Serin, Richard's Pipit and Cattle Egret, four of both American Wigeon and Ring-necked Duck, five Shorelarks, and eight each of Surf Scoter and Rough-legged Buzzards. Totals of notable gulls were 26 Glaucous, 20 Iceland, 17 Caspian, six Ring-billed and five Kumlien's.
Chris Batty, RBA
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