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| Sunday 18th December 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Greater Yellowlegs in County Wexford at Cahore. Elsewhere, another
Eastern Black Redstart was discovered, this one in Cornwall at Mousehole,
with the returning Pacific Diver located nearby at Penzance. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Masked Wagtail in Pembrokeshire, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Desert Wheatear in Devon, both Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Eastern Black Redstarts in both Cleveland and Lothian, two King Eiders in County Sligo, two Dusky Warblers together in Worcestershire, and Lesser Scaup on the Orkney Isles. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), Ring-billed Gull (Hampshire) and Lesser Snow Goose (Merseyside), two each of both American Wigeon and Surf Scoter, three Glossy Ibises, four of Ring-necked Duck and Great Grey Shrikes, five Lapland Buntings, 32 Shorelarks and 37 Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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