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Sunday 1st December 2019  
  An Eastern Stonechat species was found at Hollesley Marshes RSPB, Suffolk today.

Lingering rarities included the Hermit Thrush in Scilly, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, White-billed Diver in Orkney and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow.

Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Little Bunting, two Lapland Buntings, three Great Grey Shrikes, eight Shorelarks, four Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Snow Goose, four Taiga Bean Geese, seven Tundra Bean Geese, a Green-winged Teal, three Surf Scoters, eleven Ring-necked Ducks, three Pomarine Skuas, four Little Auks, a Ring-billed Gull, three Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA