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Tuesday 30th May 2023  
  The first Turkestan Shrike for Sussex was discovered at West Rise Marsh mid afternoon, where it remained until the evening. Other new discoveries included a Squacco Heron at Wool, Dorset, a Gull-billed Tern at St Osyth, Essex, an Eastern Subalpine Warbler on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, a Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Shetland and a Blyth's Reed Warbler on Barra, Western Isles. The Forster's Tern reappeared in Hampshire, and Black-winged Stilt pairs were found at Nosterfield and Edderthorpe, both Yorkshire.

Lingering rarities still present included the Squacco Heron in Yorkshire, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Ferruginous Duck in Yorkshire, Black-winged Stilt in Gloucestershire, Ferruginous Duck, two Black-winged Stilts and Great Reed Warbler in Norfolk and Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland.

Scarcity highlights included a Short-toed Lark, a Common Rosefinch, a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, four Red-backed Shrikes, two American Golden Plovers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, seven Temminck's Stints, four Honey Buzzards, a Night Heron, a Purple Heron, a Ring-necked Duck, a Green-winged Teal, an American Wigeon, a Surf Scoter, a Taiga Bean Goose and a Sabine's Gull.
Will Soar, RBA
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