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| Tuesday 1st September 2009 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Arctic Warbler in a mistnet at Landguard, Suffolk during the evening. New arrivals elsewhere included a
Great White Egret at Brandon Marsh, Warwickshire and a flock of 12 Glossy Ibises seen flying over Killag, County Wexford. Lingering rarities comprised the American Black Tern and White-winged Black Tern still together in Oxfordshire, the Pacific Golden Plover in Argyll, Citrine Wagtail in Cornwall, single Semipalmated Sandpipers in both County Cork and County Kerry, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Lesser Yellowlegs in Lothian, White-winged Black Tern in Aberdeenshire, Ferruginous Duck in Fife, Great White Egrets in both Kent and Somerset and the Hooded Merganser again in Cleveland. Scarce landbirds included two Wrynecks (Devon and Lancashire) and one each of Ortolan Bunting (East Yorkshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Golden Oriole (Cheshire), Barred Warbler (Shetland Isles), Common Rosefinch (Orkney Isles) and Red-backed Shrike (Kent). Seawatching highlights from the Bridges of Ross, County Clare concerned three Cory's, 251 Great, 1,200 Sooty and two Balearic Shearwaters, 25 Sabine's Gulls, one Long-tailed Skua, seven Leach's Petrels and 12 Grey Phalaropes. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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