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| Wednesday 16th August 2006 | ||
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| The main talking point of the day was a near-adult White Pelican which
was tracked along the north Norfolk coast during the morning, before finally
being seen flying over the River Nene mouth, Lincolnshire at midday. Photographs
proved it was the same bird as present in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 5th-15th
July then Noord-Holland, Texel and Den Helder, Netherlands 20th July-13th
August. If a White Pelican is ever going to be tickable in Britain, surely this individual
has to be as good a candidate as any. The presumed escaped White Pelican
remained at Bough Beach Reservoir, Kent.
A less controversial yet still exceptionally rare discovery was an Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Boddam, on Mainland Shetland. Initially identified as an Icterine Warbler, the bird was correctly identified early evening. This is the third record for Shetland, following singles on Fair Isle in June 1995 and a ten-day bird on Mainland in August 2002. In Norfolk the north coast also produced an adult Gull-billed Tern past Salthouse at 6.15am. Elsewhere the adult Stilt Sandpiper remained at Brownsea Island National Trust Lagoon, Dorset and the adult White-rumped Sandpiper was at East Chevington NWT North Pool for it's second day. A juvenile Purple Heron briefly on Portland, Dorset was the first site record and a Wryneck remained there as the support-act. Red-backed Shrikes were discovered near Shotley, Suffolk and at Little Atherfield, Isle of Wight. North Ronaldsay hosted at Bluethroat. |
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| - Stuart Piner, RBA | ||
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