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| Saturday 2nd September 2023 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Gull-billed Tern along the River Thames at Grays, Essex, a Pallid Harrier over the Isle of May and, later, Crail, Fife, a Greenish Warbler also on the Isle of May and single Blyth's Reed Warblers trapped at Fife Ness, also Fife and on Fair Isle, Shetland.
Lingerers included the Red-footed Booby in Scilly, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Greater Sand Plover and Wilson's Phalarope in County Wexford, Black-winged Pratincole in County Donegal, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gulls in Kent and County Down, two Blue-winged Teals in Yorkshire and a King Eider in Lothian. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Hoopoe, a Short-toed Lark, an Icterine Warbler, two Melodious Warblers, two Ortolan Buntings, two Common Rosefinches, four Barred Warblers, seven Red-backed Shrikes, eight Wrynecks, three Honey Buzzards, five Glossy Ibises, two Red-necked Phalaropes, two Temminck's Stints, two Dotterel, two American Golden Plovers, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, six Pectoral Sandpipers, a Surf Scoter, at least 13 Long-tailed Skuas, 25 Pomarine Skuas, over 670 Balearic Shearwaters (537 of which were off Portland Bill, Dorset), over 1,500 Great Shearwaters (including 1,300 off Lizard Point, Cornwall) and over 6,400 Cory's Shearwaters (including at least 5,000 off Lizard Point). |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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