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Sunday 21st February 2016  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Hudsonian Whimbrel and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Northern Harrier in Orkney, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Leicestershire, Hampshire and Northumberland, Spotted Sandpiper in County Cork, Gyr in the Western Isles, two Penduline Tits in Gloucestershire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in Fife, other Lesser Scaups in Glamorgan and County Antrim, and single Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and County Durham.

Scarcity totals included a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, three Yellow-browed Warblers and three Richard's Pipits.
-  Will Soar, RBA