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Sunday 6th December 2020  
  The highlight of the day was news of Gyr, Black Duck and Richardson's Cackling Goose all in County Mayo on The Mullet, and in England five Penduline Tits comprising four together in Somerset at Steart and one in Nottinghamshire at Langford Lowfields.

Rarities elsewhere were the Double-crested Cormorant still in County Kerry, both Belted Kingfisher and Pacific Diver in County Cork, Sociable Lapwing in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Pied-billed Grebe in Shropeshire, Bufflehead County in Down, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Somerset and Suffolk, Dusky Warblers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, King Eider in Pembrokeshire, Spotted Sandpiper in County Dublin, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk.

Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Scilly), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (West Sussex), Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Rough-legged Buzzard (North Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (County Cork), Lesser Snow Goose (Highland), Grey Phalarope (Northumberland), Kumlien's Gull (Orkney Isles), two each of Little Bunting, Ring-billed Gull, American Wigeon, and Green-winged Teal, three of both Black Brant and Waxwing, seven of Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis, nine Yellow-browed Warblers, and a total of 15 Lapland Buntings.
Chris Batty, RBA
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