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Tuesday 21st June 2016  
  Rarities today comprised the Great Knot still in Norfolk, where the Caspian Tern was reported briefly, the Broad-billed Sandpiper still in Gwent, Gull-billed Tern in Forth, King Eider in Lothian, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and two Bee-eaters briefly in Devon.

Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Borders), Serin (West Sussex), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Ring-necked Duck (Orkney Isles), three Cattle Egrets and four Glossy Ibises.

Significant late news concerned a Blyth's Reed Warbler on 17th June in West Sussex at Rye Harbour, and in Somerset the recent presence of at least one territorial male Little Bittern at Ham Wall.
Chris Batty, RBA
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