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| Monday 21st August 2023 | ||
| In Cornwall, a Fea's or Desertas Petrel flew past Pendeen and a Bee-eater flew over Drift Reservoir. Further north, a Greenish Warbler was at Cresswell Pond, Northumberland, with another at Norwick and a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Halligarth, both Unst, Shetland.
Lingering rarities included the Red-footed Booby in Shetland, Hudsonian Godwit in Shetland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, Black-winged Stilts in Lincolnshire (six) and Yorkshire (five), Forster's Tern in Dorset, Stejneger's Scoter and King Eider in Lothian, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Black Stork in Lincolnshire, Booted Warbler in Orkney, two Greenish Warblers in Shetland, Black-headed Wagtail in County Derry, Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and Argyll and Wilson's Petrels in Cornwall and Scilly (two). Scarcity highlights included a Golden Oriole, a Melodious Warbler, a Barred Warbler, a Short-toed Lark, a Hoopoe, a Rose-coloured Starling, four Red-backed Shrikes, five Wrynecks, 15 Icterine Warblers, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two American Golden Plovers, three Grey Phalaropes, seven Honey Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, two White-winged Black Terns, nine Sabine's Gulls, two Long-tailed Skuas, 70 Balearic Shearwaters, 320 Great Shearwaters and at least 1,057 Cory's Shearwaters. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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