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Tuesday 14th March 2023  
 

Rarities today comprised an Alpine Swift briefly in Merseyside at Marshside, the Ross's Gull still in Aberdeenshire, Isabelline Wheatear still in Cornwall, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and King Eider both in Cleveland, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Orkney Isles, Lesser Scaup in Oxfordshire, and the Richardson's Cackling Goose in Northumberland.

Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), Richard's Pipit (Gloucestershire), two Ring-billed Gulls, three each of both Great Grey Shrike and Green-winged Teal, four of Little Bunting and Glossy Ibis, nine Ring-necked Ducks, 11 Shorelarks, and a total of 12 Waxwings.

Incoming summer migrants included 180 Sand Martins, 20 Little Ringed Plovers, 16 Wheatears, eight House Martins, six Swallows, four Ospreys, three of Garganey and Stone Curlew, and a White Wagtail.
Chris Batty, RBA
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