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Thursday 5th October 2023  
 

Nearctic landbirds today comprised the Cape May Warbler still in County Mayo on Achill Island, Black-and-white Warbler still in Cornwall at Nanjizal albeit elusive, two Bobolinks still on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's with a Red-eyed Vireo still on nearby St Agnes.

Discoveries today included a Semipalmated Sandpiper briefly in Aberdeenshire at Longhaven, a Red-throated Pipit on Scilly on St Mary's, and on Shetland Mainland an Eastern Stonechat species at Sandness, an Arctic Warbler at Levenwick, and Blyth's Reed Warblers at both Melby and Walls.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were White's Thrush, Turkestan Shrike, Lanceolated Warbler, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, another Eastern Stonechat species, another Arctic Warbler, and another Blyth's Reed Warbler all on Shetland, Northern Harrier in County Mayo, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Lesser Grey Shrike in Cornwall, Wilson's Phalarope in Norfolk, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs together in Lincolnshire, Pallid Harriers in Essex, Kent, and the Orkney Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork, Blue-winged Teal in East Yorkshire, Ferruginous Duck in Bedfordshire, and Long-billed Dowitchers in both Norfolk and Orkney.
Chris Batty, RBA
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