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Wednesday 8th January 2020  
 

Continuing rarities were represented by the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Brown Shrike (Co.Cork), White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall,

Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Northern Treecreeper (Sussex), seven Great Grey Shrikes, five Rough-legged Buzzards, Purple Heron (Lancashire), three Glossy Ibises, two Ring-billed Gulls (Co.Sligo and Co.Cork), two Snow Geese, Black Brant, five Green-winged Teal, 11 Ring-necked Ducks and six Shorelarks.
-  David Campbell, RBA