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Sunday 12th March 2023  
 

Rarities today comprised the Ross's Gull still in Aberdeenshire, Baikal Teal still in Gwynedd, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Hume's Warblers in both Kent and Somerset, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Orkney Isles, White-rumped Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, King Eider in Cleveland, Lesser Scaup in Oxfordshire, and Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk (4) and Staffordshire.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Rough-legged Buzzard (Orkney), Richard's Pipit (Isles of Scilly), and Surf Scoter (Conwy), two each of Little Bunting, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Lapland Bunting, Black Brant, and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Shorelarks, four of Ring-billed Gull, Great Grey Shrike, and Glossy Ibis, six Waxwings, and a total of 12 Ring-necked Ducks.

Incoming summer migrants included 17 Sand Martins, three each of both Garganey and Little Ringed Plover, two Wheatears, Whinchat in South Yorkshire, and Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk.
Chris Batty, RBA
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