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Sunday 18th May 2025  
  Discoveries today included a Tawny Pipit in Cornwall at Gwithian and an Alpine Swift on South Uist, Western Isles, whilst in Northumberland the American Black Tern returned to Long Nanny.

Continuing rarities confirmed as still present were the Hudsonian Godwit in Hampshire, Least Tern in County Louth, Western Oriental Turtle Dove and Red-throated Pipit in Shetland, White-winged Scoter in Fife, Pacific Diver in County Donegal, and territorial Great Reed Warblers in both Cambridgeshire and East Yorkshire.

A total of nine Red-footed Falcons today comprised singles in Kent, Somerset, Suffolk, East Sussex, and County Wicklow, and two each in both Cornwall and Essex.

Significant late news concerned a Black Stork yesterday at Shipton, North Yorkshire, and on Friday an adult male Northern Harrier at Kilrush, County Clare.
Chris Batty, RBA
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