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| Thursday 20th April 2023 | ||
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Rarities discovered today were all brief encounters: a Gull-billed Tern on the Isles Scilly in The Roads, a Subalpine Warbler species in Conwy at Penmaenmawr, a Little Bittern on the Isle of Wight at Alverstone Mead, Kentish Plover in Norfolk at Holkham, and an Alpine Swift in West Sussex at Barnham Brooks. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Gull-billed Tern in Cheshire, Tawny Pipit on Scilly, Hooded Merganser in Cumbria, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cheshire and Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Oxfordshire, three Ferruginous Ducks together in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in County Cork, Black Kite in North Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilts in County Cork, Cornwall, County Kerry (4), and the Isle of Wight, and White-billed Divers in Aberdeenshire (4), Moray (4), and the Shetland Isles (2). Scarcities included Purple Heron (County Kerry), Montagu's Harrier (Cornwall), Ring-billed Gull (Perth and Kinross), Wryneck (Pembrokeshire), Lapland Bunting (Argyll), two of Rough-legged Buzzard, Dotterel, Glossy Ibis, and Green-winged Teal, three of Woodchat Shrike and Ring-necked Duck, five Shorelarks, eight Hoopoes, and a total of 15 Night Herons. Incoming summer migrants included 65 Ring Ouzels, 48 Garganey, 11 Pied Flycatchers, six Blue-headed Wagtails, three Wood Warblers, two Wood Sandpipers, and a Spotted Flycatcher. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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