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Friday 19th February 2016  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the American Herring Gull and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Pallid Harrier, Lesser Yellowlegs and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, two Penduline Tits in Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Cleveland, two Black-bellied Dippers in Shetland, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Hampshire and Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and another Ferruginous Duck in Buckinghamshire.

Scarcity totals included a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Kumlien's Gull, a Surf Scoter, two American Wigeon, two Glossy Ibises, three Richard's Pipits, three Cattle Egrets, four Lesser Snow Geese, four Ring-necked Ducks, five Shorelarks, five Great Grey Shrikes and six Green-winged Teals.
-  Will Soar, RBA