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Wednesday 22nd June 2022  
  Rarities today comprised the Black-browed Albatross still in East Yorkshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, territorial Great Reed Warblers in both Norfolk and Nottinghamshire, Iberian Chiffchaff in London, White-spotted Bluethroat in Gloucestershire, Black Kite on the Isle of Man, Red-rumped Swallow on the Orkney Isles, King Eider in Lothian, Ferruginous Duck in Staffordshire, the family of six Black-winged Stilts South Yorkshire, and Bee-eaters in Merseyside and Norfolk (8).

Scarcities included Icterine Warbler (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (Isles of Scilly), Hoopoe (Hertfordshire), American Golden Plover (County Wexford), Temminck's Stint (County Durham), Green-winged Teal (Highland), Red-necked Phalarope (Orkney Isles), three Glossy Ibises, and a total of four American Wigeons.
-  Chris Batty, RBA