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Friday 5th March 2010  
  The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the white morph Gyr on Tresco, Isles of Scilly.

In County Tipperary a Long-billed Dowitcher was a new discovery at Ashton's Callows, whilst rarities elsewhere comprised the Black Kite still in Powys, three Glossy Ibises together in Somerset, single Little Buntings in both Cornwall and Highland and Lesser Scaups in Clyde, Cornwall and Glamorgan (2).

Scarcities included 27 Waxwings scattered across five counties, 18 Tundra Bean Geese, nine Shorelarks, six Ring-billed Gulls, five each of Ring-necked Duck and Iceland Gull, three each of Great Grey Shrike and Glaucous Gull, two each of Great White Egret and Green-winged Teal and single Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk) and American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway).

Spring migrants included a Little Ringed Plover in Devon, Garganey in Cheshire and Kent and Wheatears in Ceredigion (2), Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Chris Batty, RBA
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