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Tuesday 21st March 2023  
  The star bird today was a Short-toed Eagle in Suffolk/Norfolk that flew over Santon Downham mid-morning, as well as this a White-billed Diver was seen in Fife at Elie Ness, the Alpine Swift influx continued on, with new birds in Kent at Cliftonville, North Foreland, Norfolk at Winterton, Devon at Eastdon (four), London at London Bridge, East Sussex at Eastbourne (three), West Sussex at Bosham, North Chailey, County Kerry at Blennerville, County Antrim at Rathlin Island, East Yorkshire at Thornwick Bay, Lothian at Dunbar. Birds lingered in Norfolk, Isle of Man, East Yorkshire, Devon, County Cork, County Dublin, and Lincolnshire.

Continuing rarities included the Richardson's Cackling Goose in Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitchers in Norfolk and Cheshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, King Eider in Cleveland, Ross's Gull in Aberdeenshire, Lesser Scaup in Oxfordshire, Cornwall, and Argyll, Baikal Teal in Gwynedd, Penduline Tit in Kent, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk.

Scarcity highlights included two Little Buntings, Lapland Bunting, Great Grey Shrike, 21 Waxwings, White Stork, eight Glossy Ibises, four Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, four Shorelarks, Purple Heron, seven Ring-necked Ducks, Black Brant, Kumlien's Gull, two Tundra Bean Geese, two Glaucous Gulls, nine Iceland Gulls, and four White-beaked Dolphins.
Ben Clark, RBA
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