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Thursday 2nd April 2020  
  New rarities discovered today comprised an American Herring Gull in Cornwall at Penzance, and an Iberian Chiffchaff singing in Dorset at Christchurch.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Lesser Kestrel on the Isles of Scilly and the Black-throated Thrush in Lincolnshire.

Scarcities included Ring-necked Duck (Bedfordshire), White-tailed Eagle (Cambridgeshire), Lapland Bunting (Highland), Glaucous Gull (Argyll), and Iceland Gull (Highland and Northumberland).

Incoming spring migrants included three Garganey, four Ring Ouzels, and a total of 24 Ospreys recorded on passage.
-  Chris Batty, RBA