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Thursday 7th February 2019  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Pacific Diver in County Cork, single Spotted Sandpipers in County Wexford and County Waterford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and Ferruginous Duck in Essex.

Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, five Yellow-browed Warblers, six Great Grey Shrikes, 38 Shorelarks, a Ring-billed Gull, six Glaucous Gulls, seven Iceland Gulls, a Temminck's Stint, a Black Brant, a Taiga Bean Goose, three Tundra Bean Geese, a Surf Scoter, two American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teal, three Ring-necked Ducks and a Glossy Ibis.
-  Will Soar, RBA