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| Monday 1st May 2023 | ||
Sensational news this morning of a Grey-headed Lapwing in Northumberland at Low Newton-by-the-Sea where it showed until dusk. Since the first Grey-headed Lapwing for the Western Palearctic in Turkey in March 2018 the species has been recorded in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands in spring 2019, and Slovenia and Italy in August 2021, although it is unclear how many individuals are involved in these records. Discoveries elsewhere included a Blue-winged Teal in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, a Black Kite in Dorset at Bincombe Hill, and in Aberdeenshire the King Eider returned to the Ythan Estuary. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Stejneger's Scoter and two White-winged Scoters together in Fife, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Squacco Heron and Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset, Hooded Merganser in Cumbria, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Suffolk, White-billed Divers in both Moray and the Shetland Isles, and Black-winged Stilts in Lincolnshire (3), Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk (3). Scarcities included Purple Heron (Suffolk), Serin (Devon), Ring-billed Gull (Perth and Kinross), Pectoral Sandpiper (Essex), American Wigeon (Fife), Green-winged Teal (County Mayo), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cleveland), Spotted Crake (Oxfordshire), two each of Woodchat Shrike, Montagu's Harrier, Temminck's Stint, and Ring-necked Duck, three of Surf Scoter and Shorelark, four migrant Dotterel, five of Night Heron and Hoopoe, and a total of seven Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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