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| Tuesday 18th April 2023 | ||
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Sensational news today of the first Black-winged Kite for Britain discovered in Powys at Glanmule where it was present mid morning before flying west. On 16th April a probable Black-winged Kite had been glimpsed 195 miles to the east southeast at Kirton, Suffolk, perhaps the same bird. Other Mediterranean species today comprised a Little Bittern new in Devon at Exminster Marshes, a Western Subalpine Warbler reported in East Yorkshire at Easington, a total of 14 Black-winged Stilts, nine each of both Night Heron and Glossy Ibis, three Woodchat Shrikes, Alpine Swifts in Conwy and Gwynedd, Hoopoes in Cornwall and Suffolk, and two Serins together in Dorset. Otherwise rarities comprised a Red-footed Falcon briefly on the Shetland Isles at Scousburgh, Mainland, a Black Kite reported in North Yorkshire at Duncombe Park, the singing Savi's Warbler reported again in Cheshire, Hooded Merganser still in Cumbria, Long-billed Dowitcher and three Ferruginous Ducks in Norfolk, Lesser Scaups in both Fife and Oxfordshire, and five White-billed Divers in Moray. Scarcities included Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (Orkney Isles), Lapland Bunting (Argyll), two each of Shorelark and Green-winged Teal, and five Ring-necked Ducks. Incoming summer migrants included 49 Ring Ouzels, 45 Garganey, two each of Blue-headed Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, Whinchat, and Swift, and a Black Tern. |
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