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| Wednesday 6th May 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Squacco Heron in Cornwall, at Polgigga, where it present for it's second day. In County Dublin a
Gull-billed Tern was present on Swords Estuary in the evening. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Great Blue Heron on the Isles of Scilly, Harlequin Duck and King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Hampshire, Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire, and the Lesser Scaup in West Yorkshire. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Lothian), Glossy Ibis (Nottinghamshire), Honey Buzzard (Dumfries and Galloway), two each of both Golden Oriole and Temminck's Stint, three Lapland Buntings, four Night Herons, and 16 migrant Dotterel. Pomarine Skuas were on the move with 181 recorded, including 42 off Gwynedd, 20 off Ayrshire, 18 passing Gloucestershire, 13 from Scillonian III, and one inland; at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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