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Thursday 19th March 2020  
  In Kent, the Short-toed Treecreeper reappeared at Dungeness, in the Old Lighthouse garden. Further north, four White-billed Divers flew south past Brora, Highland.

Lingering rarities seen today included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Laughing Gull in Somerset, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wicklow and County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford and White-billed Diver in Shetland.

Scarciy highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Yellow-browed Warbler, four Great Grey Shrikes, a Purple Heron, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two American Wigeon, three Ring-necked Ducks, four Green-winged Teal, four Surf Scoters, a Black Brant, a Bean Goose sp, two Todd's Canada Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, seven Glaucous Gulls and 13 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA