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| Sunday 22nd January 2023 | ||
The highlight od the day was a Harlequin Duck discovered on the Western Isles on Barra; perhaps the same individual earlier present on Coll, Argyll on 22nd December 2022. Elsewhere, in Somerset a Penduline Tit was new at Bridgwater, and news broke of a female Baikal Teal at Finningley on the South Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire border. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Greater Yellowlegs still in County Waterford, Pallid Harrier and three Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Hume's Warbler, Kentish Plover, and Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Hooded Merganser in County Mayo, King Eider in Cleveland, and Ferruginous Duck in County Tyrone. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Sabine's Gull and Black Brant (Hampshire), Surf Scoter (County Kerry), Green-winged Teal (Dorset), Lapland Bunting (Norfolk), Kumlien's Gull (Cambridgeshire), two each of both American Wigeon and Great Grey Shrike, three Yellow-browed Warblers, seven Glossy Ibises, 12 Ring-necked Ducks, 18 Shorelarks, and a total of 40 Waxwings. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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