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| Sunday 12th April 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery in the evening of five White-billed Divers
together in Loch Ewe, Highland. Elsewhere, in Lincolnshire an Alpine Swift
paused briefly over Gibraltar Point, in Ireland a Subalpine Warbler was found at Carnsore Point, County Wexford and a
Lesser Scaup was at Bracklagh Lough, County Cavan. A Great White Egret was seen briefly in Dorset and single
Black Kites flew over both Kent and West Sussex during the afternoon. Lingering rarities comprised the White-throated Sparrow still in Hampshire, Red-rumped Swallow in Leicestershire, Forster's Tern in County Galway, American Golden Plover in Norfolk, Lesser Scaup in Clyde and Cattle Egrets in Cheshire, Cornwall (4), Devon and Dorset (2). Scarcities included five Ring-necked Ducks, four Great Grey Shrikes, three Surf Scoters, two each of both Lesser Snow Goose and Green-winged Teal and singles of Little Bunting, Kentish Plover, Hoopoe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greenland Redpoll, Montagu's Harrier and White Stork. Belated news concerned a Great Spotted Cuckoo at Pentire Point East, Cornwall on 12th April - the fourth individual so far this spring, so equaling the previous best spring for this species (four between Devon, Kent and West Sussex during 23rd February-1st May 1990). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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