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| Thursday 26th May 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was an Eleonora's Falcon in Kent. Photographed
at Sandwich Bay during the morning and then seen at Stodmarsh in the early
afternoon it is the fourth Eleonora's Falcon to be photographed in southern England since 2008. New rarities elsewhere were a Little Swift briefly in London at Lee, a Little Bittern in Lincolnshire at Grimsby, Rustic Bunting on the Western Isles on Barra, Alpine Swifts in Dorset at Studland and Northumberland at Gosforth, and Bee-eaters briefly in both Dorset and Norfolk. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-tailed Lapwing back in Lincolnshire at Rimac, the Moltoni's Warbler still in Pembrokeshire, Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Roller in Cornwall, Black-headed Bunting on the Isles of Scilly, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Caspian Terns in both Kent and Norfolk, territorial Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, Lesser Yellowlegs in South Yorkshire, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Montagu's Harrier (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Western Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Kent), Red-necked Phalarope (Hampshire), two each of Short-toed Lark, Woodchat Shrike, Serin, and Purple Heron, three Common Rosefinches, four Golden Orioles, and 14 each of both Long-tailed Skua and Glossy Ibis. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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