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| Wednesday 22nd March 2023 | ||
The Alpine Swift influx continued with 37 logged today across 18 counties comprising 25 in Britain, 11 in Ireland, and one on the Isle of Man. In Britain birds were in East Yorkshire (3), Devon (2), Dumfries and Galloway (2), Ceredigion, Flintshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lincolnshire, Lothian, Northumberland, Norfolk, Somerset, and Wirral, and in Ireland in County Cork (3), County Dublin (2), County Galway (2), and County Wicklow (4). Other rarities comprised the Ross's Gull still in Aberdeenshire, Baikal Teal in Gwynedd, Hume's Warbler in Kent, Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Cheshire and Norfolk, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Northumberland, King Eiders in Cleveland and Lothian, and Lesser Scaups in Argyll and Oxfordshire. Scarcities included Little Bunting and Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Richard's Pipit (Isles of Scilly), Hoopoe (Pembrokeshire), Green-winged Teal (Essex), three Great Grey Shrikes, seven Shorelarks, eight Ring-necked Ducks, nine Glossy Ibises, and a total of 15 Waxwings. Incoming summer migrants included 11 Garganey, six Ring Ouzels, Stone Curlew (Kent), Sedge Warbler (Norfolk), and Yellow Wagtail (Essex). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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