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Tuesday 1st November 2022  
 

The record influx of Pallid Swifts continued with 26 identified today comprising five in Northumberland, four in both Moray and North Yorkshire, three in Aberdeenshire and Angus, two in Norfolk, and singles in Cleveland, County Durham, East Yorkshire, Lothian, and Somerset.

Other discoveries today included a Pied Wheatear in Northumberland at Whitley Bay, Olive-backed Pipit in Fife on the Isle of May, Red-rumped Swallow in East Yorkshire at Spurn, White-rumped Sandpiper on the Western Isles on Benbecula, and on the Isles of Scilly now two Red-throated Pipits together on St Mary's.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the Wilson's Snipe and Red-rumped Swallow on Scilly, Isabelline Wheatear in County Cork, Eastern Black Redstart on the Orkney Isles, Pallid Harrier and Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Black Scoter and Subalpine Warbler species in Northumberland, Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire, Kentish Plover in Somerset, and Lesser Yellowlegs in Merseyside.
Chris Batty, RBA
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