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Friday 17th March 2023  
  New Alpine Swifts today involved birds at Minehead, Somerset, Bull Point, Devon, Lodmoor, Dorset, Bamburgh, Northumberland, Drogheda, County Louth, Ballycroy, County Mayo, Kenmare, County Kerry (four), and Midleton (two), Clonakilty and Carrigaline (now three), all County Cork, whilst lingering birds remained in Gloucestershire, Cornwall and County Waterford (two).

Other lingering rarities present today included the Ross's Gull in Aberdeenshire, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Red-rumped Swallow in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Baikal Teal in Gwynedd, King Eider in Cleveland and Lesser Scaups in Somerset and Oxfordshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Richard's Pipit, a Little Bunting, a Yellow-browed Warbler, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Waxwings, ten Shorelarks, a Dutch-ringed White Stork, six Glossy Ibises, an American Wigeon, two Surf Scoters, three Green-winged Teals, six Ring-necked Ducks, ten Tundra Bean Geese, a Ring-billed Gull, six Glaucous Gulls and ten Iceland Gulls.
Will Soar, RBA
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