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| Wednesday 7th November 2007 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Brünnich's
Guillemot off Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire, which remained on show off the foghorn throughout the
afternoon.
Both Mourning Doves were still present, on Western Isles and in Co Galway, and an intriguing report related to a possible Mourning Dove at Druimindarroch, Highland. In Dorset a Cattle Egret flew over Hengistbury Head and long-stayers included the White-rumped Sandpiper in Glamorgan, Pine Bunting on Fair Isle, Lesser Scaup in Berkshire, Forster's Tern in Co Louth, Black Kite in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall and Glossy Ibis in Merseyside. A decent number of Little Auks and Pomarine Skuas continued to delight east coast seawatchers. |
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Daily news summaries
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Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Tuesday 6th November 2007 | ||
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| Seawatchers delivered the star bird of the day, a White-billed Diver passing Sheringham, Norfolk during the morning. Over 200
Pomarine Skuas were seen from ten counties including maximums of 103 from Norfolk, 43 from East Yorkshire and 23 from Lincolnshire. Over 50
Little Auks included maximums of 17 from East Yorkshire, ten in Cleveland and nine in Norfolk. The Mourning Dove and Richardson's Canada Goose both remained on Western Isles as did the American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, Penduline Tit and Lesser Yellowlegs together in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Black Kite in Lincolnshire, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, Ross's Goose in Norfolk, Lesser Scaups in both Berkshire and Somerset and Great White Egrets in both Essex and Lancashire. In Glamorgan the Cattle Egret, Spotted Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper were all seen and in County Cork American Buff-bellied Pipit, Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs and American Golden Plover were recorded. In what is a good winter for Great Grey Shrikes singles were recorded today in Berkshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire and Surrey. |
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| Monday 5th November 2007 | ||
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| Both the Irish and Scottish Mourning Doves were still at their
respective sites throughout the day. New rarities included a Cattle Egret
at Kenfig Pool NNR, Glamorgan, where the White-rumped Sandpiper was still
on show, and a Great White Egret flew over Spurn Point, East Yorkshire. A
Lesser Yellowlegs at Rosscarbery, Co Cork may well have been a returning
bird.
In Cornwall the American Buff-bellied Pipit was still near Land's End, but proved to be extremely elusive. Equally elusive was the Penduline Tit at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, but the Lesser Yellowlegs was more obliging. In Co Louth a Forster's Tern was still at Cruisetown Strand, the probable Desert Lesser Whitethroat was still at Porthcurno, Cornwall and Berkshire's first Lesser Scaup remained at Woolhampton Gravel Pits. Pomarine Skuas and Little Auks were still available to those who seawatched off the east coast. |
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| Sunday 4th November 2007 | ||
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| The star Sunday find was Ireland's second Cliff Swallow at
Ballymacrown, Co Cork. Elsewhere in Ireland the Mourning Dove remained in
Co Galway and the Red-rumped Swallow continued its stay in Co Donegal.
On the Western Isles the Mourning Dove continued to show well on North Uist, whilst a Richardson's Canada Goose and Great White Egret were both available nearby. Elsewhere in Britain new discoveries included a Penduline Tit at Minsmere RSPB (where the Lesser Yellowlegs was also still on show), Great White Egrets at Grove Ferry, Kent and Whitlingham Country Park, Norfolk and yesterday's Cattle Egrets in Dorset reappeared at Radipole Lake RSPB and Bestwall RSPB. Popular rarities included the American Buff-bellied Pipit in Cornwall, White-rumped and Spotted Sandpipers in Glamorgan, Glossy Ibises in Somerset and Merseyside and Lesser Scaups in Wiltshire and Berkshire. An excellent Pomarine Skua and Little Auk passage was enjoyed by many on the east coast, and other odds and sods where three Richard's Pipits in Salthouse, Norfolk, Little Bunting in Kilnsea, East Yorkshire and a Red-breasted Flycatcher on Lewis, Western Isles. |
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| Saturday 3rd November 2007 | ||
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| To the delight of weekend twitchers the Mourning Dove on North Uist,
Western Isles, remained on show throughout Saturday. Across the Irish Sea,
Ireland's first Mourning Dove also stayed put on Inishbofin, Co Galway.
In Cornwall a Red-flanked Bluetail was discovered in Cot Valley and the American Buff-bellied Pipit was still near Trevescan, whilst a Dusky Warbler and a probable Desert Lesser Whitethroat were both available at Porthcurno. A Glossy Ibis left Chew Valley Lake, Somerset early morning and was later seen at Catcott Lows NR and Shapwick Heath NNR. A party of four Cattle Egrets flew over Lytchett Bay, Dorset mid morning, before a singleton was seen at nearby Hole's Bay early afternoon. An American Golden Plover was located amongst Golden Plovers at Holt Fen, Cambridgeshire and on North Uist, a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll made a brief appearance at Oban Trumisgarry, whilst both the Great White Egret and a couple of Ring-necked Ducks were all still available as supporting cast to the mega-dove. Other lingering rarities included Lesser Scaups in Wiltshire and Berkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Spotted and White-rumped Sandpipers in Glamorgan and Killdeer on Shetland. |
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| Friday 2nd November 2007 | ||
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| The highlight today was astonishingly another Mourning Dove in County
Galway on Inishboffin the first record for Ireland. Yesterdays individual
also remained on North Uist all day. Two new American Buff-bellied
Pipits were also found today, one in Cornwall just east of Land's End and
the other in County Wexford at Carnsore Point. A third was still present
in County Cork.
The only other new rarity today was a Glossy Ibis at Chew Vally Lake, another Glossy Ibis was still present in Merseyside at Marshside RSPB. Other rarities still in the country today included Great White Egrets at Leighton Moss in Lancashire and another on North Uist. American Golden Plovers remained at Aberlady Bay in Lothian and on the Ythan Estuary in Aberdeenshire. In Glamorgan the Spotted Sandpiper was still on Lisvane Reservoir and White-rumped Sandpiper still at Kenfig Pool. The Wilson's Snipe was still on Scilly on St Mary's and a Dusky Warbler remained in Cornwall at Porthcurno. In East Anglia the Lesser Yellowlegs was still in Suffolk at Minsmere while Ross's Goose and Great White Egret were both still at Holkham in Norfolk. |
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| Thursday 1st November 2007 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was without doubt the discovery of a Mourning Dove on North Uist, Western Isles. The third record for the British Isles and remarkably less then three miles from the site of the last record, in 1999. Found early in the afternoon it later transpired that a farmer may have seen the bird at the same location on Tuesday. Elsewhere, in Cornwall a Blyth's Pipit flew south over Nanjizal Valley and a Dusky Warbler showed well at Porthcurno. In Gloucestershire an American Golden Plover was reported at Slimbridge. Lingering rarities comprised, in Ireland, American Buff-bellied Pipits in both County Clare and County Cork and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Derry, in Scotland Pine Bunting and Killdeer on the Shetland Isles and American Golden Plover in Aberdeenshire, in England Black Kite in Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Berkshire and at least one Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly, and in Wales Spotted Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper both in Glamorgan. |
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| Wednesday 31st October 2007 | ||
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| Once again, American Buff-bellied Pipits proved to be the highlight of the day with two (apparently new) birds discovered in Ireland, at Ballycotton in County Cork and Clahane in County Clare. Elsewhere, an
American Golden Plover was a new arrival in The Shetland Isles at Esha Ness. Two Ross's Geese relocated to Borders whilst other Scottish rarities consisted of American Golden Plovers in both Aberdeenshire and Lothian. In Wales both the Spotted Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper remained in Glamorgan and in England the Lesser Scaup showed in Berkshire, as did the Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Black Kite in Lincolnshire and Great White Egrets in both Hampshire and Lancashire. |
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| Tuesday 30th October 2007 | ||
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| New discoveries today comprised a Laughing Gull on St Mary's Isles of Scilly,
Lesser Yellowlegs at Minsmere, Suffolk and Lesser Scaup at Woolhampton, Berkshire. In Kent a
Black Kite flew over Coldharbour and in Oxfordshire a Great White
Egret flew south over South Moreton. In Ireland two Arctic Redpolls were found on The Mullet, Co Mayo and a further four remained at Kilcredaun, County Clare. Lingering rarities included a Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly, Black Kite in Lincolnshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, American Golden Plover in Lothian, both Spotted Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpier in Glamorgan and a Great White Egret and two Ross's Geese in Norfolk. |
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| Monday 29th October 2007 | ||
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| Three of the four new rarities located today were in Ireland, with four
Arctic Redpolls in County Clare at Loop Head, Forster's Tern in
County Louth at Cruisetown and an adult Bonaparte's Gull in County
Waterford at Ardmore Bay for its second day. Elsewhere, a White-rumped
Sandpiper showed very well at Kenfig Pool, Galmorgan, although the bird
unfortunately had a damaged eye and a limp. Nearby, the Spotted Sandpiper
was still present at Lisvane Reservoir, near Cardiff. Lingering Great White Egrets included two still in Norfolk at Stiffkey and Wells, North Uist at Lochmaddy, Hampshire at Mockbeggar Lake, Lancashire at Leighton Moss and one in Suffolk which flew over Blythburgh. Also in Norfolk, the Olive-backed Pipit remained in Wells Woods, but was even more elusive than yesterday, being seen just twice during the day. The first winter male Rose-breasted Grosbeak continued its stay on St.Agnes, Scilly, although the lack of birders now on the islands means fewer people are available to locate this mobile bird. Also on St.Agnes, the Dusky Warbler was seen at Troy Town. American Golden Plovers were seen in Lothian and Dumfries and Galloway, and the juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher was still at Bowling Green Marsh, Devon. Seawatching produced the goods on the Western Isles, with several Grey Phalaropes and Leach's Petrels being reported, along with a few Sabine's Gulls and Pomarine Skuas. Little Auks were around the coast, but still in rather small numbers. |
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