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Monday 15th February 2016  
  Rarities comprised the Glaucous-winged Gull, Black Duck and Spotted Sandpiper all still in County Cork, Northern Harrier and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Black Scoter in County Kerry, two Penduline Tits together in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Hampshire, Leicestershire and Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Fife, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and County Sligo, and Ferruginous Ducks in both Buckinghamshire and Norfolk.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Hoopoe (West Midlands), Waxwing (Northumberland), American Wigeon (North Yorkshire), Lapland Bunting and Cattle Egret (Norfolk), three each of Richard's Pipit and Surf Scoter, four Great Grey Shrikes, six each of Shorelark and Glossy Ibis. Totals of notable gulls were 19 Caspian, 14 Glaucous, nine Iceland, six Ring-billed and a Kumlien's.
Chris Batty, RBA
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