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Thursday 9th June 2016  
  New rarities today comprised a King Eider in Lothian at Musselburgh, and a Red-rumped Swallow on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Otherwise, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Semipalmated Plover in County Wexford, Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Little Bittern in South Yorkshire, Whiskered Tern in Suffolk, Iberian Chiffchaff on the Isles of Scilly, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham.

Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Shetland Isles), American Golden Plover (County Wexford), Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Hoopoe (Essex), Pectoral Sandpiper (Norfolk), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Green-winged Teal (Cheshire), two Icterine Warblers, and three migrant Red-necked Phalaropes.

Significant late news concerned a Snowy Owl seen on Tuesday in County Clare at Gleninagh, where it may have been present since January.
Chris Batty, RBA
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