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Wednesday 11th October 2023  
 

Discoveries today included Iberian Chiffchaff and Dusky Warbler together in Northumberland on Holy Island, Radde's Warbler in Dorset at Portland Bill, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Mayo at Sruhill Lough, and Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles on South Uist, whilst the Black Scoter returned to Goswick, Northumberland, as did the Red-breasted Goose to Islay, Argyll.

On the Isles of Scilly Rustic Bunting and Arctic Warbler were both new on St Martin's and the Red-footed Booby showed again on Bishop Rock with highlights around the islands being Ortolan Bunting, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Lapland Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler, Sabine's Gull, Glossy Ibis, three each of both Richard's Pipit and Rose-coloured Starling, four Wrynecks, 50 Balearic, 429 Great, and 1,118 Cory's Shearwaters.

Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were White-crowned Sparrow, Pied Wheatear, Eastern Stonechat species, and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Shetland, Upland Sandpiper in County Cork, Northern Harriers in both Cornwall and County Mayo, Double-crested Cormorant in County Leitrim, Squacco Heron in Somerset, Eastern Stonechat species on the Orkney Isles, Blue-winged Teal in East Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Baird's Sandpiper, Red-breasted Goose, Radde's Warbler and Arctic Warbler in Northumberland, Spotted Sandpiper in County Kerry, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs together in Lincolnshire, and Pallid Harriers in Clyde, Kent, and County Mayo.

Significant late news from yesterday concerned a Baird's Sandpiper reported in Highland at Loch Fleet and a Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex at Abberton Reservoir.
Chris Batty, RBA
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