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Saturday 4th February 2023  
  Lingering birds still present today included the Isabelline Wheatear in Cornwall, Hume's Warbler, Kentish Plover and Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Pacific Diver in Fife, White-winged Scoter and Black Duck in County Mayo, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Surrey, King Eider in Cleveland, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pallid Harrier, Richardson's Cackling Goose and three Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Ferruginous Duck in County Tyrone and Forster's Tern in County Galway.

Scarcity highlights included a Pallas's Warbler, a Richard's Pipit, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Great Grey Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, two Little Buntings, 13 Shorelarks, 36 Waxwings, four Glossy Ibises, a Surf Scoter, four American Wigeon, a Green-winged Teal, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, two Taiga Bean Geese, 14 Tundra Bean Geese, two Black Brants, a Sabine's Gull, a Ring-billed Gull, six Glaucous Gulls and 25 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA