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Saturday 4th January 2025  
  A White-billed Diver was found in County Antrim off Waterfoot.

Lingering rarities included the Grey-headed Lapwing in Northumberland, Least Sandpiper in Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, American Coot in Shetland, Lesser Scaups in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire, County Wexford and County Cork, Ferruginous Ducks in London, Hertfordshire (two), Warwickshire and Lincolnshire, two Richardsons's Cackling Geese in County Donegal, Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall and County Cork, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk and Penduline Tit in Cheshire.
-  Will Soar, RBA