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| Saturday 30th August 2008 | ||
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| Once again, Ireland stole the limelight with the Northern Waterthrush,
Yellow Warbler and Solitary Sandpiper all still present on Cape Clear, County Cork. In County Mayo both the
Snowy Owl and Semipalmated Sandpiper remained on The Mullet. Other lingering rarities comprised the Semipalmated Sandpiper in Devon, Baird's Sandpiper in Cambridgeshire, Glossy Ibis in West Yorkshire, four Cattle Egrets in Somerset, Great White Egret in Shropshire, single Marsh Sandpipers in both Essex and Norfolk and both Pacific Golden Plover and White-billed Diver on the Orkney Isles. Two separate White-winged Black Terns that visited Wilstone Reservoir, Hertfordshire associated with a strong passage of Black Terns through England and Wales totalling at least 568 birds in 25 counties. Scarce migrant landbirds included three Ortolan Buntings, a Melodious Warbler and Wryneck at Portland, Dorset and on the Isles of Scilly two Melodious Warblers, two Wrynecks, Tawny Pipit, Ortolan Bunting and Red-backed Shrike were all located. Elsewhere, further Ortolan Buntings reached East Sussex and London, a Melodious Warbler was in Cornwall, Tawny Pipit in Dorset, single Common Rosefinches on the Orkney Isles and Norfolk and an additional three Red-backed Shrikes and ten scattered Wrynecks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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