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Tuesday 18th February 2020  
  A Penduline Tit was at Titchfield Haven NNR, Hampshire, and a Ferruginous Duck was found at Old Moor RSPB, Yorkshire.

Lingering rarities included the Tengmalm's Owl in Shetland, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaup in Dumfries and Galloway, Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire and Richardson's Cackling Goose in Argyll.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes, six Shorelarks, two Little Auks, a Leach's Petrel, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Surf Scoter, a Green-winged Teal, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, a Todd's Canada Goose, three Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, 12 Glaucous Gulls and 14 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA