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| Wednesday 18th June 2014 | ||
| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of three mega rarities, with the
Short-toed Eagle still showing well in East Sussex at Ashdown Forest, the territorial
Spectacled Warbler in Norfolk at Burnham Overy Dunes, and the Bridled Tern on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles. Elsewhere, a Citrine Wagtail was discovered in Highland at Balnakeil, a Ross's Gull was reported briefly in Lincolnshire, the Black Scoter remained in Cleveland, as did the Lesser Grey Shrike on the Shetland Isles, Ross's Gull and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Blue-winged Teal in Aberdeenshire, Greenish Warbler in Lothian, Western Subalpine Warbler on the Orkney Isles, and the family of five Black-winged Stilts in West Sussex. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Anglesey then Merseyside), Rose-coloured Starling (Suffolk), Marsh Warbler (Orkney Isles), Common Rosefinch (Shetland isles), Hoopoe (East Yorkshire), Purple Heron (Somerset), and five Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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