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Saturday 4th February 2017  
  Lingering rarities still present today included the Dusky Thrush in Derbyshire, Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire, Pine Bunting and Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire, Pacific Diver, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Eastern Black Redstart in Cornwall, Pacific Diver and Black Scoter in Northumberland, Eastern Black Redstart in Cleveland, Desert Wheatear and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Snowy Owl in Orkney, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Hooded Merganser in Clyde and Red-breasted Goose in Lancashire.

Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Little Buntings, a Little Auk, a Lesser Snow Goose, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, four American Wigeon, four Ring-necked Ducks, two Glossy Ibises, a Rough-legged Buzzard, eight Great Grey Shrikes, two Black Brants and 200 Tundra Bean Geese (including 147 in Norfolk, 123 of which were in a single flock).

Gull totals were six Ring-billed, 37 Glaucous and 52 Iceland.
Will Soar, RBA
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