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Sunday 13th December 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the Hudsonian Godwit still in Fife, Bufflehead in County Down, Franklin's Gull in North Yorkshire, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, three Penduline Tits together in Somerset, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Somerset and Suffolk, and Dusky Warblers in Cambridgeshire, Devon and Kent (2).

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Surrey), Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Highland), two each of both Richard's Pipit and Great Grey Shrike, three of Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-browed Warbler, and Black Brant, five of Glossy Ibis and Lapland Bunting, and a total of 21 Waxwings.
-  Chris Batty, RBA