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| Tuesday 13th May 2008 | ||
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| New discoveries today included, on the Isles of Scilly Red-rumped Swallow
on St Agnes and four Cattle Egrets on St Mary's, in County Londonderry a
Blue-winged Teal at Lough Beg, in Gwynedd a Subalpine Warbler on Bardsey Island, on the Western Isles a
Bee-eater on Barra and in London what was presumed to be a Spanish
Wagtail. Elsewhere, reports of briefly encountered rarities consisted of a Marsh Sandpiper in Essex,
White-rumped Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Black Kite in Cornwall and
Bee-eaters in both Hertfordshire and Kent. Lingering rarities comprised the Ross's Gull in Lancashire, Whiskered Tern in Gloucestershire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Northumberland, Glossy Ibis in Merseyside, two Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire, Bee-eater on the Isles of Scilly and Great White Egret in County Cork. Red-footed Falcons continued to be discovered with ten seen today; two each in both South Yorkshire and Suffolk and singles in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and West Yorkshire Notable scarcities included a Red-necked Phalarope in Essex, Woodchat Shrike in Pembrokeshire, Night Heron in Suffolk and a Serin and two Golden Orioles in East Yorkshire. Twelve Temminck's Stints were recorded from seven counties. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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