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Saturday 29th April 2023  
  The scoter flock off Lower Largo in Fife today contained the Stejneger's Scoter and, astonishingly, three White-winged Scoters, along with three Surf Scoters. Other new discoveries today included a Pine Bunting on Papa Westray, Orkney and a Squacco Heron at Lanreath, Cornwall.

Other lingering rarities included the Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow in Sussex, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, Forster's Terns in Dorset and County Galway, Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall and County Cork, Hooded Merganser in Cumbria, King Eider in Fife, Long-billed Dowitchers in Norfolk and Cheshire, Black-winged Stilt in Shropshire and White-billed Diver in Moray.
-  Will Soar, RBA