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| Thursday 19th April 2007 | ||
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The blue ringed third-winter Glaucous-winged Gull continues to be frustratingly difficult to connect with, and today there was no sign of the bird all day at Beddington in south London. It must be anyone's guess where, when and indeed if it will turn up again, although there must be a high chance it is still lurking with the large numbers of gulls that frequent the South-east's many reservoirs, rubbish tips and estuaries. Perhaps the most remarkable report concerned an impressive party of six Glossy Ibises which were seen in flight over Kerry Airport in County Kerry, but sadly not yet relocated. The only other new rarity reports both came from Scotland: a report of a flyover White-tailed Eagle near Irvine, Ayrshire and drake King Eider off Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. Although not an entirely unpredictable record these beautiful seaduck are always lovely birds to find, while although the eagle must have been an impressive sight there is a strong possibility that it originated from the reintroduced population in western Scotland. Lingering rarities included drake Barrow's Goldeneyes in Forth and County Down, the Laughing Gull at Topsham, Devon with the Cattle Egret at nearby Budleigh Salterton, the Marbled Duck at Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, Spotted Sandpiper on the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall and Glossy Ibis at Warton Marsh, Lancashire; while what was presumably the male Subalpine Warbler found on Lundy Island, Devon on the 11th was seen again this morning. Brief Hoopoes in Lincolnshire and Cornwall did not remain on view for long, while a new Green-winged Teal at Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire proved particularly obliging as there were no other teal present on its chosen pool. The unringed White Stork at Bishop Middleham, County Durham proved popular, while decent numbers of Ring Ouzels, several inland Little Gulls and Little Terns and a scattering of Garganey, flyover Ospreys and Red Kites and arriving summer migrants kept patch-watchers happy. |
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| - Andy Symes, RBA | ||
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