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| Monday 7th April 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the early morning discovery of a Dark-eyed Junco at Dungeness, Kent. The second record for both the site and the county, it went on to show throughout day was gratefully received by many birders. Elsewhere, three
Black-winged Stilts were found at Lizard, Cornwall, a Red-rumped Swallow toured the Suffolk coast between North Warren and Minsmere and a
Franklin's Gull was located in the evening roost at Newnham, Gloucestershire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black Duck in Pembrokeshire, American Herring Gull in County Galway, Spotted Sandpiper in Glamorgan, King Eider in Ayrshire, Bonaparte's Gull on the Western Isles, Great White Egret in Norfolk, Ross's Goose in Lancashire and both Lesser Scaup and Great White Egret in Somerset. Cattle Egret reports comprised six in Devon, four together in West Sussex, two in Cornwall and one in Dorset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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