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Sunday 29th January 2017  
  Rarities today comprised the Dusky Thrush still in Derbyshire, Pine Buntings in both Kent and North Yorkshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, American Coot and Gyr on the Western Isles, Northern Harrier, Pallid Harrier and Lesser Scaup on the Orkney Isles, Pacific Diver and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Killdeer on the Shetland Isles, White-billed Diver inland in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harrier in East Yorkshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Glamorgan, Eastern Black Redstarts in both Cleveland and Cornwall, Hooded Merganser in Clyde, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and Ferruginous Ducks in both County Durham and Hampshire.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Hampshire), Serin (East Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler and Kumlien's Gull (both Somerset), two each of Rose-coloured Starling and Surf Scoter, three each of American Wigeon, Rough-legged Buzzard and Ring-billed Gull, five Great Grey Shrikes, six Ring-necked Ducks, 21 Lapland Buntings, 24 Cattle Egrets, and a total of 99 Shorelarks.
Chris Batty, RBA
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