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Saturday 21st March 2020  
  A Kentish Plover was found at Dawlish Warren NNR, Devon, and a White-billed Diver was off Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.

Lingering rarities included the Lesser Kestrel in Scilly, Siberian Stonechat in Cheshire, Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire, Laughing Gull in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in West Midlands and King Eider in Highland.

Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, four Great Grey Shrikes, a Purple Heron, a Glossy Ibis, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Green-winged Teals, two American Wigeon, two Ring-necked Ducks, ten Surf Scoters, a Todd's Canada Goose, a Tundra Bean Goose, two Snow Geese, a Kumlien's Gull, 13 Iceland Gulls and 15 Glaucous Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA