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Friday 25th December 2020  
  Rarities today comprised the Eastern Yellow Wagtail still in Suffolk, Kentish Plover still in Somerset, and in County Wexford a Bonaparte's Gull was new at Rosslare.

Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (West Sussex), Little Bunting (Isles of Scilly), Rose-coloured Starling (Anglesey), American Wigeon (County Offaly), Green-winged Teal (County Kerry), Glossy Ibis (Dorset), Grey Phalarope (Norfolk), Black Brant (East Yorkshire), two each of both Ring-billed Gull and Great Grey Shrike, four Waxwings, five of Ring-necked Duck and Yellow-browed Warbler, and 13 Lapland Buntings (all together in Fife).
-  Chris Batty, RBA