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Wednesday 19th February 2020  
  Lingering rarities seen today included the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Essex, Lesser Scaups in Cornwall and Dunfries and Galloway and two Richardson's Cackling Geese in Western Isles.

Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Lapland Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks, two Rough-legged Buzzards, a Surf Scoter, three Ring-necked Ducks, three Green-winged Teals, four Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, a Kumlien's Gull, six Glaucous Gulls and 12 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA