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Monday 27th March 2023  
 

Rarities today comprised the Lesser Kestrel still on the Isles of Scilly, Forster's Tern still in County Galway, Ross's Gull in Aberdeenshire, Black Scoter and Richardson's Cackling Goose both in Northumberland, two Hume's Warblers in Kent, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cheshire and Norfolk, King Eiders in Cleveland and Lothian, Lesser Scaups in Clyde, Oxfordshire and Somerset, and a White-billed Diver in Moray. The Alpine Swift influx continued with 17 logged today across 12 counties comprising 10 in Britain and seven in Ireland and including new birds in Argyll, Cornwall, and London.

Scarcities included Little Bunting (Cornwall), American Wigeon (Oxfordshire), Waxwing (Highland), two each of both Hoopoe and Great Grey Shrike, three Green-winged Teals, eight Ring-billed Gulls, nine Glossy Ibises, and a total of 14 Ring-necked Ducks.

Incoming summer migrants included 14 Garganey, four Yellow Wagtails, two of both Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler, and single Whinchat, Tree Pipit, and Ring Ouzel.
Chris Batty, RBA
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