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| Saturday 21st August 2010 | ||
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| Highlights included the lingering Semipalmated Sandpiper in
Lincolnshire and Whiskered Tern in Cleveland, whilst in Ireland, Co Mayo
produced Snowy Owl and Black Duck, Co Kerry hosted both American Herring Gull
and an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull and in Co Wexford the
Glossy Ibis remained at Tacumshin.
Barred Warblers were at Spurn and Flamborough Head (East Yorkshire), where a Red-backed Shrike was also discovered. Another Red-backed Shrike was located inland of Bridlington (East Yorkshire). Lingering scarcities included Pectoral Sandpipers in Perth & Kinross and Northumberland, Spotted Crakes in Co Durham and Kent, Purple Heron and Cattle Egret in Kent, Great White Egrets in Kent, Somerset and Co Down and Ring-necked Duck in Fife. Seabirds sightings were headlined by a report of a Little Shearwater off Stronsay (Orkney) and Wilson's Petrels off Isles of Scilly (3) and Galley Head, Co Cork (2). Eight Great Shearwaters, four Long-tailed Skuas and two Sabine's Gulls were also recorded from a selection of coastal watchpoints. |
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| - Stuart Piner, RBA | ||
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