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| Wednesday 15th March 2023 | ||
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Once again the highlight of the day was Alpine Swifts with new birds today in County Cork at Carrigaline, Cornwall at Falmouth, and Gloucestershire at Oldbury making a total of 12 located in the last three days. Rarities elsewhere comprised the White-winged Scoter again in Lothian, Ross's Gull still in Aberdeenshire, Baikal Teal in Gwynedd, both Coues's Arctic Redpoll and King Eider in Cleveland, two Penduline Tits together in Kent, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Northumberland, Lesser Scaups in Oxfordshire and Somerset, and four White-billed Divers on the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Night Heron (Devon), Little Bunting (Hertfordshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Somerset), American Wigeon (Oxfordshire), two Ring-billed Gulls, three each of Great Grey Shrike and Green-winged Teal, five Shorelarks, eight of Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis, and a total of 13 Waxwings. Incoming summer migrants included 143 Wheatears, 11 Swallows, five House Martins, three Garganey, two Swifts, and singles of Stone Curlew, Ring Ouzel, Yellow Wagtail, and Osprey. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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