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Tuesday 19th July 2016  
  Rarities today comprised the American White Winged Scoter still in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland, and territorial Little Bitterns still in both Somerset and South Yorkshire.

Scarcities included Sabine's Gull (Derbyshire), Cory's Shearwater (Isles of Scilly), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Cattle Egret (County Wexford), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire and Lothian), and Red-necked Phalarope (four together on the Orkney Isles).
-  Chris Batty, RBA