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| Sunday 1st July 2007 | ||
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| An otherwise quiet 'mid-summer' day was interrupted by the incredible news of
a sub-adult Yellow-nosed Albatross picked up exhausted on Brean Beach in
Somerset by walkers on Friday and taken into care at a local wildlife hospital
overnight, then released, apparently in reasonable health, yesterday at Brean
Down. Unfortunately for would be twitchers, it seems that the finders and 'carers'
were not aware of the enormity of this find. This first for Britain was found on
the same day as one was seen in Finnish waters but despite searches, it could
not be relocated in the Brean area today. For further news and pictures see
links in the bird news entry below.
Elsewhere the main rarity interest came from Cumbria where the Hudsonian Whimbrel remained at Walney Island, and Dorset where the Squacco Heron remained, somewhat elusively, at Radipole Lake RSPB reserve. The over-summering Killdeer was still to be found on Shetland Mainland, now back at Pool of Virkie, and in Norfolk, the Alpine Swift put in another brief appearance at Titchwell in the evening. Roseate Terns were popular attractions at Cley in Norfolk and Seaforth in Merseyside. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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