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Thursday 31st January 2019  
  Rarities today comprised the Pied-billed Grebe still on the Shetland Isles, Bonaparte's Gull in London, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (County Durham), Yellow-browed Warbler (Isle of Wight), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), Lapland Bunting (Derbyshire), three each of Ring-necked Duck and Surf Scoter, four Great Grey Shrikes, six Shorelarks and a total of nine Glossy Ibises.
-  Chris Batty, RBA