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| Tuesday 24th January 2017 | ||
| The highlight of the day was a Black-throated Thrush reported in London at Finchley. Rarities elsewhere comprised the
Pine Bunting still in North Yorkshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire,
Pacific Diver and Black Scoter in Northumberland, White-billed Diver
in Lincolnshire, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire,
Desert Wheatear in Devon, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and
Ferruginous Ducks in County Durham and Norfolk. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (West Sussex), Serin (East Sussex), Rough-legged Buzzard (Lincolnshire), Temminck's Stint (Staffordshire), American Wigeon (Dumfriesshire), Glossy Ibis (Devon), Kumlien's Gull (County Galway), two each of Little Bunting and Surf Scoter, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Yellow-browed Warblers, five each of Ring-necked Duck and Lapland Bunting, seven Ring-billed Gulls, 25 Cattle Egrets, and 38 Shorelarks. Significant late news concerned the Lesser White-fronted Goose still present on 18th January in Essex on Foulness Island, Essex where it was first seen on 18th December 2016. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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