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| Sunday 17th April 2022 | ||
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| The first Crag Martin for Scilly was confirmed on Bryher mid morning, where it remained until the evening. It was first seen on Tresco on Thursday, where there was a Red-rumped Swallow today. Another Red-rumped Swallow was near Guisborough, Cleveland, with other new discoveries today including a Snowy Owl on Eday, Orkney, Black Kites over Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB, Cheshire, Weymouth and Portland, Dorset and single birds at Dungeness and St Margaret's at Cliffe, both Kent, two Bonaparte's Gulls at South Slob, County Wexford and a Black-winged Stilt at Cors Ddyga RSPB, Anglesey.
Lingering rarities included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Hume's Warblers in Kent and Sussex, Dusky Warblers in Norfolk and London, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Lesser Yellowlegs in Shetland (with another of the latter and a Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk), Blue-winged Teals in Cambridgeshire and County Wexford, King Eiders in Highland and Lothian, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire and Moray and another Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a Wryneck, a Richard's Pipit, a Great Grey Shrike, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Serins, four Hoopoes, three Surf Scoters, four Green-winged Teals, 16 Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, 14 Glossy Ibises, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Kumlien's Gull, six Glaucous Gulls and eight Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 16th April 2022 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Lesser Yellowlegs at Rosscarbery, County Cork and a Ferruginous Duck at Staveley YWT, Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Hume's Warbler in Sussex, Dusky Warblers in London and Norfolk, Spanish Wagtail in Scilly, Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk, Black-winged Stilt in Carmarthenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and County Wexford, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, Black Duck and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Mayo, King Eiders in Lothian and Highland, Lesser Scaups in Somerset, Clyde (two) and Western Isles (two), Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk and White-billed Divers in Moray (four) and Aberdeenshire (three). |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 15th April 2022 | ||
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| Southern arrivals continued with in Ireland single Subalpine Warbler species on both Cape Clear, County Cork, and on Great Saltee, County Wexford, the latter alongside a
Woodchat Shrike. Elsewhere, Spanish Wagtail and Hoopoe on the Isles of Scilly, a
Black-winged Stilt still in Carmarthenshire, Short-toed Lark and
Hoopoe on the Shetland Isles, Purple Heron in Somerset, and Serin in Dorset. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross still in East Yorkshire, Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk, Red-breasted Goose and Dusky Warbler both in Norfolk, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls together on the Shetland Isles, King Eiders in Lothian and Moray, Lesser Yellowlegs in Shetland, Suffolk and County Wexford, Lesser Scaups in Clyde (2) and Somerset, and White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire and Moray (3). |
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| Thursday 14th April 2022 | ||
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| Southern rarities and scarcities today included a Western Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall at Housel Bay, an Iberian Chiffchaff
in Cumbria at Barow-in-Furness, a Black-winged Stilt still in Carmarthenshire,
Black Kite in Essex, Serin and Hoopoe in Kent, Hoopoe
on the Shetland Isles, and on the Isles of Scilly a probable Spanish
Wagtail. Other rarities comprised the Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, Belted Kingfisher still in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Pacific Golden Plover in Suffolk, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, King Eider in Lothian, Blue-winged Teals in both Cambridgeshire and County Wexford, two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls on Shetland, Dusky Warblers in London and Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and County Wexford, two Richardson's Cackling Geese together in County Mayo, two White-billed Divers in Moray, Lesser Scaups in Essex, Somerset, and the Western Isles. |
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| Wednesday 13th April 2022 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Pallid Harrier over Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, a Black Kite over Winterton, Norfolk and another over Stanway Green, Essex, a Lesser Yellowlegs at Clonakilty, County Cork and a Lesser Scaup at Chew Valley Lake, Somerset.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers in Norfolk and London, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, King Eider in Highland, Lesser Scaups in Essex and Western Isles, Pacific Golden Plover and Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk and Black-winged Stilt in Carmarthenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Great Grey Shrike, a Rose-coloured Starling, two Little Buntings, seven Hoopoes, six Dotterel, a Spotted Crake, two Corncrakes, a Green-winged Teal, three Surf Scoters, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, a Black Brant, 19 Glossy Ibises, a Pomarine Skua, a Ring-billed Gulls, six Glaucous Gulls and eight Iceland Gulls. |
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| Monday 11th April 2022 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Iberian Chiffchaff at Hoylake, Wirral, an Alpine Swift at Waterford, County Waterford, a Black-winged Stilt at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire and a White-billed Diver off Portknockie, Moray.
Lingering rarities still present included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Snowy Owl in Western Isles, Dusky Warbler and Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Pacific Golden Plover and Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, King Eiders in Lothian and Shetland, Lesser Scaups in Essex and Clyde (two), White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire and Shetland and Bonaparte's Gull in Sussex. |
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| Friday 8th April 2022 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Belted Kingfisher in Lancashire, Black-browed Albatross in Yorkshire, Hume's Warbler and Bonaparte's Gull in Sussex, Dusky Warbler and Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire and Lesser Scaup in Essex.
Scarcity highlights included a Great Grey Shrike, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Shorelarks, a Temminck's Stint, a Spotted Crake, an American Wigeon, four Green-winged Teal, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, 32 Glossy Ibises, a Glaucous Gull and nine Iceland Gulls. |
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