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| Saturday 25th August 2007 | ||
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| Today was again dominated by Greenish Warblers in Norfolk. At least
seventeen individuals were spread along the Norfolk coastline, with supporting
cast including several Barred Warblers,
Red-backed Shrikes and Wrynecks. At Snettisham RSPB a Gull-billed Tern
was reported.
Away from Norfolk, scarce migrants were represented by Red-backed Shrikes in East Sussex, Kent, East Yorkshire and Shetland; Wrynecks in Cornwall, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Suffolk and Barred Warblers in Suffolk and Essex. The Isle of Wight also produced an Icterine Warbler, the Hoopoe remained near Dover, Kent and in Shetland an Ortolan Bunting was at Hoswick, Mainland. In Buckinghamshire the adult Wilson's Phalarope continued to frequent Willen Lake and White-rumped Sandpipers remained at Brownsea Island, Dorset, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, whilst in Essex last weekend's adult reappeared at Canvey Point. The long-staying near-adult Black Stork was once again seen on Alaw Estuary in the morning, and in Wiltshire a Great White Egret remained at Cotswold Water Park. The Melodious Warbler at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire was a popular weekend attraction for northern-based birders and in Cornwall the Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at Hayle Estuary RSPB for its second day. In Surrey the Purple Heron showed several times in flight throughout the day at Frensham Little Pond, and in Staffordshire the eclipse male Ring-necked Duck returned to Blithfield Reservoir. The Bank Holiday weekend crowds scored a Fea's Petrel double past Bridges of Ross, Co Clare this evening, one at 6.50pm and another sighting at 7.39pm. The Killdeer made an unexpected reappearance on Mainland Shetland today, back at the Pool of Virkie, and an eclipse drake King Eider at Wester Quarff was presumably a returning bird. Further south, on Fair Isle, the Citrine Wagtail was still present, and on Western Isles the Bonaparte's Gull reappeared on South Uist. |
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| - Stuart Piner, RBA | ||
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