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Friday 2nd April 2010  
  The highlight of the day was the reappearance of the Lesser Kestrel in Suffolk at Westleton Heath, although it only showed briefly and could not be relocated later in the day. Nearby the Pallid Swift remained at Kessingland, as did two of the Penduline Tits in Kent, the Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, Little Bunting in Highland, single Lesser Scaups in both Glamorgan and Somerset, and the Hooded Merganser in Cleveland. A Black-bellied Dipper was discovered on the Shetland Isles on Bressay and in Lancashire a Glossy Ibis flew over Caton.

Spring scarcities comprised Woodchat Shrike and Montagu's Harrier in Cornwall, Kentish Plover in Kent, Serin in Dorset, Bluethroat in Northumberland and single Hoopoes in both County Cork and Pembrokeshire. Whilst vestiges of winter included 12 Waxwings, six Iceland Gulls, five Ring-necked Ducks, four Ring-billed Gulls, two each of American Wigeon, Great White Egret and Glaucous Gull and single Surf Scoter (Devon), Cattle Egret (Dorset), Green-winged Teal (Leicestershire) and Shorelark (Norfolk).
Chris Batty, RBA
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