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Thursday 31st March 2022  
 

New rarities of the day included a male White-spotted Bluethroat trapped and ringed at Charleston, East Sussex this morning, a female Lesser Scaup was found in County Cork at Lough Clubir and a White-billed Diver off a pier in Papa Westray, Orkney.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the White-tailed Lapwing in Lincolnshire, Blue-winged Teals in Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, Dusky Warblers in London  and Norfolk, Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, White-winged Scoter in Lothian and King Eider in Highlands.

Scarities included Spotted Crake, Temminck's Stint, Yellow-browed Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, 4 Green-winged Teal, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, 13 Iceland Gulls, 8 Glaucous Gulls and 25 Glossy Ibises.
-  Toby Carter, RBA