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April 29, 2022

Black-winged Stilt at Newton Leys

Discovered at Newton Leys by local birder Jenny Baker at 8am on 27th April 2022, this Black-winged Stilt stayed and showed well to many admirers until 19:30 at least. It was not present the following morning.

Black-winged stilt wading
Photo by Mark Rayment

There is an excellent article on the Birdguides website about this sighting.

This is only the 5th record for this species in the county, the previous most recent being two at College Lake in May 2019.

Black-winged stilt wading
Photo by Mark Rayment
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