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Saturday 26th December 2015  
  The first Mourning Dove for Shetland was discovered this morning, and was still present in gardens in Lerwick this afternoon.

Further south, a Bonaparte's Gull was at Lower Farm GPs, Berkshire, an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull was at Kilvington, Nottinghamshire and a Lesser Yellowlegs was at Greencastle, County Down.

Lingering rarities included the Northern Harrier in Orkney, Red-rumped Swallow and Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland and Dusky Warbler in Somerset.
-  Will Soar, RBA