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| Saturday 21st May 2022 | ||
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| Rarities discovered today were a Tawny Pipit on the Isles of Scilly on St Martin's,
Blyth's Reed Warbler on the Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, two Black-winged Stilts in East Sussex at Down Level with another in Essex at Wallasea Island, a
Bee-eater in Highland at Skirza, and in Cornwall Bee-eater and Red-rumped Swallow together at Skewjack. Elsewhere,
brief encounters included two Red-footed Falcons together in Hampshire near Beaulieu Road Station, two
Red-rumped Swallows in Kent, a Black Kite on the Orkney Isles, and
Bee-eaters in both Anglesey and Suffolk (3). Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Broad-billed Sandpiper and two Red-rumped Swallows on the Western Isles, Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk, American Black Tern Northumberland, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in London, King Eider in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in North Yorkshire, and two Black Kites on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Pembrokeshire), Serin and Long-tailed Skua (Shetland), Rose-coloured Starling (Scilly), Common Rosefinch (Orkney), Surf Scoter (Western Isles), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Green-winged Teal (Highland), Black Brant (East Yorkshire), three of both Ring-necked Duck and Grey-headed Wagtail, four Purple Herons, five Honey Buzzards, eight Temminck's Stints, and 15 each of both Golden Oriole and Glossy Ibis. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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