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Saturday 23rd April 2011  
  The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Long-billed Dowitcher in Ceredigion at Borth. Elsewhere, new rarities included a White-billed Diver in County Wexford off Tacumshin, two White-billed Divers together in Moray at Burghead, two Bee-eaters together in Ceredigion at Aberporth, and a Ferruginous Duck in Somerset at Chew Valley Lake. Brief encounters comprised a Black Stork over Somerset, Glossy Ibis in Cambridgeshire, single Black Kites in both Cornwall and Lincolnshire, Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire, and an Ortolan Bunting in East Sussex.

Lingering rarities comprised the Pallid Harrier still in County Cork, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Bonaparte's Gulls in Aberdeenshire, Devon and the Western Isles, Subalpine Warbler on the Orkney Isles, White-billed Diver on the Western Isles, and a Tawny Pipit on the Isles of Scilly.

Scarcities included seven Purple Herons, six Woodchat Shrikes, four Hoopoes (including three in Cornwall), two each of both Night Heron and Golden Oriole, White-tailed Eagle in Lincolnshire, and territorial White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk.
Chris Batty, RBA
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