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Sunday 20th December 2020  
  A Bufflehead flew past Aghada, County Cork, and a Dusky Warbler was at Astbury Mere, Cheshire.

Lingering rarities included the Double-crested Cormorant in County Kerry, Belted Kingfisher in County Cork, Bufflehead in County Down, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Suffolk and Somerset, Rustic Bunting in Surrey, single Dusky Warblers in Kent, Devon and Cornwall, Black Scoter in Northumberland and Lesser Yellowlegs in Yorkshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Shorelark, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 11 Waxwings, 34 Lapland Buntings, a Pomarine Skua, a Grey Phalarope, six Glossy Ibises, two American Wigeon, nine Ring-necked Ducks, four Black Brants, 52 Tundra Bean Geese, three Ring-billed Gulls, 14 Glaucous Gulls and 22 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA