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| Tuesday 18th November 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Turkestan Shrike on
the Western Isles near Vallay Strand on North Uist. Nearby a Richardson's Canada Goose was fond on Berneray. Lingering rarities comprised the Dark-eyed Junco in Somerset, Steppe Grey Shrike in Lincolnshire, Sardinian Warbler in Devon, Two-barred Crossbill in North Yorkshire, Pied Wheatear in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Long-billed Dowitcher on the Western Isles, Hooded Merganser in Dorset, Lesser Scaups in both Clyde and County Down, Ferruginous Ducks in both Glamorgan and Hertfordshire, Cattle Egrets in Cumbria, Kent and Somerset (2) and Great White Egrets in both Greater Manchester and Hampshire. Waxwing reports totalled around 1,676 birds in 25 counties including maximums of 440 in Clyde, 174 in Forth, 167 in Aberdeenshire, 122 in Ayrshire and 120 in Angus. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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