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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Saturday 21st December 2019  
  Lingering rarities comprised the Steller's Eider (Orkney), Black-throated Thrush (Bedfordshire), Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Northumberland), White-winged Scoter (Lothian) and Eastern Stonechat (Suffolk), whilst a female King Eider appeared at Whiteabbey (Co Antrim).

The best of the rest included Snow Geese in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire, Surf Scoters in Ayrshire and Lothian, Great Grey Shrikes in Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire, Ring-necked Ducks in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, Ring-billed Gulls in Co Antrim and Northumberland, Yellow-browed Warblers in London and Somerset, at least three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Shorelarks, at least six Tundra Bean Geese, seven Taiga Bean Geese and 11 Lapland Buntings.
-  Stuart Piner, RBA