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Saturday 16th February 2019  
  A Red-rumped Swallow was at Cwm Ivy, Glamorgan this afternoon, whilst lingering rarities seen today included the Blyth's Reed Warbler in Greater Manchester, Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and single Spotted Sandpipers in County Wexford and County Waterford.

Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Little Bunting, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Lapland Buntings, five Yellow-browed Warblers, six Great Grey Shrikes, 47 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, four Rough-legged Buzzards, four Kumlien's Gulls, eight Ring-billed Gulls, eight Glossy Ibises, a Snow Goose, a Black Brant, an American Wigeon, three Green-winged Teals, eight Ring-necked Ducks, four Tundra Bean Geese and 38 Taiga Bean Geese.
-  Will Soar, RBA