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Monday 18th February 2019  
  A Penduline Tit was discovered at Crossness LNR, London today, whilst lingering rarities included the Blyth's Reed Warbler in Greater Manchester, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Penduline Tit in Dorset, Red-rumped Swallow in Glamorgan, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Waterford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset, White-billed Diver in Western Isles, Black Duck in Highland and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll.

Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, two Pallas's Warblers, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Great Grey Shrikes, 13 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, two Snow Geese, two Taiga Bean Geese, two Tundra Bean Geese, a Black Brant, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, five Ring-necked Ducks, four Green-winged Teal, three Rough-legged Buzzards, two Kumlien's Gulls and 16 Glossy Ibises.
-  Will Soar, RBA