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Wednesday 12th February 2020  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Tengmalm's Owl in Shetland, Steller's Eider and White-billed Diver in Orkney, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Penduline Tit in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Essex and Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway.

Scarcity highlights included two Hoopoes, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Lapland Buntings, an American Golden Plover, a Grey Phalarope, a Pomarine Skua, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Green-winged Teal, two Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, nine Tundra Bean Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, two Ring-billed Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls and 16 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA