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| Wednesday 8th June 2022 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Spotted Sandpiper at Titchwell; the first record in Norfolk for 28 years. Discoveries elsewhere included a
Broad-billed Sandpiper on the Shetland Isles at Grutness, a Kentish Plover in Glamorgan at Broughton Bay, and a
Blyth's Reed Warbler on the Isle of Man at Point of Ayre, whilst brief encounters included a
Red-footed Falcon in Cornwall, a Black Kite in Devon, Red-rumped Swallow
on the Orkney Isles, and single Bee-eaters in both Cornwall and East Yorkshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Least Tern in County Dublin, Short-toed Eagle in Highland, Black-browed Albatross in East Yorkshire, Little Bittern on the Isles of Scilly, Squacco Heron in County Cork, American Black Tern in Northumberland, territorial Great Reed Warblers in both Norfolk and Nottinghamshire, White-billed Diver on Shetland, and Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (North Yorkshire), Red-spotted Bluethroat and Icterine Warbler (Fife), Purple Heron (South Yorkshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Cornwall), Red-backed Shrike (East Yorkshire), Red-necked Phalarope and Temminck's Stint (Scilly), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Long-tailed Skua (Highland), two each of both Marsh Warbler and Golden Oriole, and a total of 14 Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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