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| Monday 2nd January 2023 | ||
The highlight of the day was a Little Swift present over Eastbourne, East Sussex for less than an hour, mirroring a record in Lothian on 31st December 2015. Discoveries elsewhere included two Penduline Tits in Somerset at Steart whilst in County Cork there were now three together at The Gearagh. Other rarities comprised the Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, White-winged Scoters in both Lothian and County Mayo, Pallid Harrier, Hume's Warbler, Long-billed Dowitcher, and two Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Arctic Redpoll in County Antrim, King Eider in Cleveland, Kentish Plover in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Ayrshire and County Cork, Cackling Geese in Argyll and the Western Isles, and in Devon the Isabelline Wheatear showed again at Colyford Common. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Rough-legged Buzzard (Shetland Isles), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (Argyll), Rose-coloured Starling and American Wigeon (Somerset), two each of Snow Goose, Lapland Bunting, and Black Brant, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Green-winged Teals, six of Yellow-browed Warbler and Glossy Ibis, 12 Waxwings, 16 Shorelarks, and a total of 17 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Dick Filby, RBA | ||
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