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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vectis Birder" data-source="post: 1521388" data-attributes="member: 43690">If anyone is up for a major twitch on the Isle of Wight, we have apparently got a Blacksmith Plover here. Well, according to a picture in the Isle of Wight County Press this week labelled 'Lapwing' that is; this is with an article about how (Northern) Lapwings and other species are on the red danger list.I have emailed them!That's near me! Doing well for rarities, the Isle of Wight this week. I wish! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />There's an Acorn Woodpecker there, by the looks of things, too, plus a small bird who I know isn't a British species.</blockquote>