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Saturday 1st February 2020  
  A Penduline Tit was discovered at Radipole Lake RSPB, Dorset today.

Lingering rarities included the Black-throated Thrushes in Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Merseyside and County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Dumfries and Galloway and Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Richard's Pipit, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Yellow-browed Warblers, five Shorelarks, a Grey Phalarope, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, three Rough-legged Buzzards, a Surf Scoter, three Green-winged Teal, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, 27 Tundra Bean Geese, 76 Taiga Bean Geese, two Kumlien's Gulls, four Ring-billed Gulls, 22 Glaucous Gulls and 23 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA