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Saturday 23rd February 2019  
  The Tengmalm's Owl reappeared once again, watched in its roost at Bixter, Shetland.

Other lingering rarities included the Pied-billed Grebe in Shetland, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Greater Manchester, Penduline Tits in Dorset and London, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Black Scoter in County Kerry, and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Little Bunting, a Common Rosefinch, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Richard's Pipits, two Lapland Buntings, six Yellow-browed Warblers, six Great Grey Shrikes, 31 Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, three Tundra Bean Geese, three Green-winged Teals, two Surf Scoters, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, three Kumlien's Gulls, three Ring-billed Gulls, four Rough-legged Buzzards and eight Glossy Ibises.
-  Will Soar, RBA