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| Thursday 7th October 2010 | ||
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| On Scilly a first winter Black-headed Bunting was found on St. Agnes
this afternoon and a Little Bunting was seen briefly on St.Mary's.
Elsewhere American waders were the main finds of the day, with a White-rumped
Sandpiper at Walmsley in Cornwall, a Baird's Sandpiper at Holland
Haven in Essex and an American Golden Plover at Shannon in County Offaly.
On Orkney there is an Olive-backed Pipit for its second day at Deerness
on Mainland.
In Cornwall the Green Heron was still to be found at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, and in County Cork, both the Myrtle Warbler on Cape Clear and the Red-eyed Vireo at Firkeel, were still present. On Shetland lingering rarities included a confiding Lanceolated Warbler on Unst along with 2 Little Buntings, a Blyth's Reed Warbler on Fetlar and a Sykes's Warbler on Mainland. On Scilly the American Golden Plover was still on St.Mary's along with a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and elsewhere the Semi-palmated Sandpiper and a Pectoral Sandpiper could both still be found at Abberton Reservoir in Essex. Other lingering rarities included Wilson's Phalaropes in Norfolk and in County Wicklow, American Golden Plovers in Yorkshire and County Kerry, Black Duck in County Mayo, King Eider in Suffolk, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, House Crow in County Cork and four Glossy Ibises - three in Devon and one in Dorset. There are now three Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Scotney on the Kent/Sussex border with a further three in Shetland, and singles in Argyll and Cornwall. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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