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| Wednesday 3rd June 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the relocation of the Oriental Pratincole to Kent. Perhaps first glimpsed in Oxfordshire, at Otmoor on 25th May, it was first seen for certain at Pagham Harbour, West Sussex on 28th-29th May but the true identity was not suspected until after the bird had departed - it had been reported as a Collared Pratincole. However, given that the three previous Oriental Pratincoles in Britian had all lingered for some time, it seemed probable that this bird would show again, and today it did, at Dungeness from late morning until well into the evening. Elsewhere, lingering rarities included the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear still on the Isles of Scilly, Black-winged Pratincole and Great White Egret both in Norfolk, Black Duck in Cornwall, Squacco Heron in Cambridgeshire and both Subalpine Warbler and Great Reed Warbler on the Shetland Isles. A Cattle Egret was found in Oxfordshire and a Great White Egret visited County Tipperary whilst the American Wigeon lingered in Lancashire, single Marsh Warblers were in East Yorkshire and the Shetland Isles, and a Bluethroat reached Gwynedd. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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