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| Thursday 19th May 2022 | ||
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| Rarities discovered today comprised a Broad-billed Sandpiper on the
Western Isles on North Uist, in Norfolk a mobile Caspian Tern in The
Broads and now two Great Reed Warblers together at Snettisham, a Tawny
Pipit on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, a Rustic Bunting on the
Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, Black Kites on the Orkney Isles and Shetland (2),
Red-rumped Swallows in East Yorkshire and the Western Isles (2), and Black-winged Stilts in Clyde and Cambridgeshire
(2). Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Gull-billed Terns in both County Cork and Lothian, Western Subalpine Warbler in Isle of Man, American Black Tern in Northumberland, King Eider in Lothian, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, and Black-winged Stilts in both Norfolk (2) and South Yorkshire (2). Scarcities included Icterine Warbler (Orkney), Red-backed Shrike (Pembrokeshire), Purple Heron (Cornwall), Pectoral Sandpiper (Aberdeenshire), American Wigeon (County Londonderry), Green-winged Teal (Gloucestershire), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Long-tailed Skua (Shetland), Black Brant (East Yorkshire), two each of Woodchat Shrike, Serin, and Rose-coloured Starling, six Temminck's Stints, eight Glossy Ibises, 10 Grey-headed Wagtails, and a total of 14 Golden Orioles. In East Yorkshire the Baikal Teal showed again at Flamborough Head where it was seen to be a ringed escape. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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