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| Monday 16th May 2022 | ||
| Conducive weather brought migrants bound for Scandinavia with a Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk at Snettisham,
Citrine Wagtails briefly in Norfolk and East Yorkshire, at total of 11 Red-spotted
Bluethroats, four Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, and
Lapland Bunting on the Shetland Isles, Wryneck on the Orkney Isles, five
Grey-headed Wagtails, eight Golden Orioles, and 11 Temminck's
Stints. Other discoveries included a Spanish Wagtail and Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire at Spurn, Ferruginous Duck in North Yorkshire at Castle Howard, two Black-winged Stilts in South Yorkshire at Potteric Carr, Black Kites in Argyll and Kent, Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk, White-billed Diver in Aberdeenshire, and Bee-eaters in both Kent and Suffolk (2). Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Red-footed Falcon in Berkshire, and Black-winged Stilts in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk (4). Scarcities included Serin (County Wexford), Purple Heron and Black Brant (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe and Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Norfolk), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland), Honey Buzzard (Lincolnshire), three Pectoral Sandpipers, four Green-winged Teals, and 13 Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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