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| Friday 15th October 2010 | ||
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| New rarities found today were as follows: in Shetland a Red-flanked
Bluetail at Troswick on Mainland; in Norfolk a Red-throated Pipit and
a Little Bunting at Stiffkey; in Dorset a Red-throated Pipit at
Portland; on Scilly a Subalpine Warbler at Kitty Down on St.Mary's and in
Carmarthenshire a White-rumped Sandpiper at Kidwelly Quay. There were
also new American Golden Plovers on the Western Isles and at Dawlish in
Devon, plus a Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork and a Glossy Ibis
in Northumberland.
On the Western Isles the Hermit Thrush remained on Barra, with other popular lingering rarities including the Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, the Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, the Green Heron in Cornwall and the Dusky Warbler in Northumberland. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 14th October 2010 | ||
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| A Hermit Thrush on Barra, Western Isles was discovered at Castlebay,
where it remained all afternoon. A Steppe Grey Shrike was at Loch of
Strathbeg RSPB, Aberdeenshire, and single Red-eyed Vireos were at Firkeel,
County Cork and on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. Other new arrivals single
Red-throated Pipits in Yorkshire, Cleveland, County Cork and Cornwall (2),
Lesser Yellowlegs at Port Meadow, Oxfordshire and a Red-breasted Goose
at Martin Mere WWT, Lancashire.
Shetland highlights included a Red-flanked Bluetail at Kergord, Olive-backed Pipit on Unst and Radde's Warbler at Toab, along with Daurian Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Coues's Arctic Redpoll, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Little Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Short-toed Lark, two Great Grey Shrikes, Red-breasted Flycatcher, five Yellow-browed Warblers, Barred Warbler and three Little Auks. Scilly highlights included Red-eyed Vireo, Subalpine Warbler, American Golden Plover, Tawny Pipit, two Red-breasted Flycacthers, Rose-coloured Starling, Melodious Warbler, Icterine Warbler, two Wrynecks, Common Rosefinch, five Yellow-browed Warblers and a Tundra Peregrine. Long staying rarity highlights included Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, Green Heron in Cornwall, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire and House Crow in County Cork. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 13th October 2010 | ||
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| On Scilly, an Olive-backed Pipit was present on St Mary's this
evening, whilst a Red-throated Pipit was seen on Tresco mid morning.
Another Red-throated Pipit was seen at Pendeen, Cornwall. Further east, a
Little Bunting was at Ramsgate, Kent, and an Ortolan Bunting was
at Landguard NR, Suffolk, whilst further north an American Golden Plover
was at Keiss, Highland, briefly and a Coues's Arctic Redpoll and a
Radde's Warbler were on Shetland. A King Eider was reported from
North Ronaldsay, Orkney and a White-rumped Sandpiper was seen in County
Kerry.
Lingering rarities included Myrtle Warbler in County Cork, Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, Green Heron in Cornwall, Western Black-eared Wheatear and Subalpine Warbler in Isles of Scilly, Pied Wheatear in Orkney, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk and Daurian Shrike, two Olive-backed Pipits, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Western Bonelli's Warbler on Shetland. |
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| Tuesday 12th October 2010 | ||
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| Today's highlights on the Isles of Scilly were
both Pied and Western Black-eared Wheatear, Subalpine Warbler,
American Golden Plover, Little Bunting, Pectoral Sandpiper, two each of
Icterine Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Common Rosefinch,
four Wrynecks and five Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the
Shetland Isles were Daurian Shrike, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Olive-backed
Pipit, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Snow Goose,
Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Flycatcher, two each of Buff-breasted
Sandpiper, Barred Warbler and Great Grey Shrike, three
Shorelarks, five Greenland Redpolls, 10 Yellow-browed Warblers
and 85 Lapland Buntings.
Elsewhere, rare passerines comprised, in County
Cork Myrtle Warbler, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Red-eyed Vireo,
Red-flanked Bluetail and House Crow, on the Western Isles two
Red-eyed Vireos together, in Lincolnshire a brief Black-eared Wheatear,
in Northumberland Red-flanked Bluetail, Olive-backed Pipit and Dusky
Warbler, in Norfolk a Red-flanked Bluetail, in North Yorkshire a
Dusky Warbler, in Hampshire two brief Penduline Tits, in Cleveland
a Red-throated Pipit and in London an Ortolan Bunting flew over.
Other rarities included the Green Heron
still in Cornwall, Solitary Sandpiper in Devon, Squacco Heron in
Pembrokeshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, Wilson's Phalaropes
in both Norfolk and County Wicklow, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Galway,
King Eider in Suffolk, single Lesser Scaups in both Dumfries and
Warwickshire, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Glossy Ibises in
Devon, Dumfries and County Tyrone.
Significant late news concerned a Common
Nighthawk present yesterday at Horden, County Durham but not found there
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 11th October 2010 | ||
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| Today, on the Scilly Isles the Western Black-eared Wheatear remained as did
American Golden Plover, Tawny Pipit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
Pectoral Sandpiper, Common Rosefinch, Yellow-browed Warbler, two
Wrynecks, three Little Buntings and five each of both Red-breasted Flycatcher and
Lapland Bunting. On the Shetland Isles the American Buff-bellied Pipit remained alongside Blyth's Reed, Western Bonelli's, Radde's and Dusky Warblers, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Olive-backed Pipit, Spotted and Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Shorelark, two Common Rosefinches, three each of Barred Warbler and Great Grey Shrike, seven Greenland Redpolls, 13 Yellow-browed Warblers and 67 Lapland Buntings. Elsewhere, Nearctic landbirds comprised a Hermit Thrush still on the Western Isles, Myrtle Warblers in both County Cork and County Galway, Bobolink again in Pembrokeshire and Red-eyed Vireos in Cleveland and the Western Isles (2). Nearctic waders included Solitary Sandpiper (Devon), Baird's Sandpiper (Essex), Lesser Yellowlegs (County Wexford) and two Wilson's Phalaropes (Norfolk and County Wicklow). Rare passerines from Eurasia comprised five Red-flanked Bluetails (Lothian, Norfolk (2), Northumberland and the Orkney Isles), Paddyfield Warbler and Red-throated Pipit (together in County Clare), Penduline Tit (Devon), two Dusky Warblers (Northumberland and North Yorkshire), Little Bunting (East Yorkshire) and either a Pied or Eastern Black-eared Wheatear on the Orkney Isles. The best of the rest included the Green Heron still in Cornwall, House Crow in County Cork, Squacco Heron in Pembrokeshire, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, King Eiders in both Moray and Suffolk, three Ferruginous Ducks together in Suffolk, Ross's Goose in Dumfries and Glossy Ibises in Devon (2), Dumfries, Kent (7) and County Tyrone. |
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| Friday 8th October 2010 | ||
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| The big news of the day was the discovery of the second Bobolink of
the year, this time in Pembrokeshire on Skomer Island. A third was also possibly
seen at St David's Head, also Pembrokeshire, but was only seen briefly. Other
new arrivals included Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Rustic Bunting
in Orkney, on South Ronaldsay and Sanday respectively, Rustic Bunting at
Kilnsea, Yorkshire, Radde's Warbler at Tynemouth, Northumberland, King
Eider at Burghead, Moray and Red-throated Pipit at Prawle Point,
Devon.
Shetland highlights included two Red-flanked Bluetails, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Dusky Warbler and Radde's Warbler, whilst lingering rarities there included Syke's Warbler, Black-headed Bunting and Citrine Wagtail. The Myrtle Warbler remained in County Cork, as did the Green Heron in Cornwall, single Wilson's Phalaropes in Norfolk and County Wicklow, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Baird's Sandpiper in Essex, King Eider in Suffolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Flintshire and Spotted Sandpiper in Devon. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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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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| Wednesday 6th October 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was discovery of a Green Heron in Cornwall at Pentewan. In County Cork a
Red-eyed Vireo was new at Firkeel Glen and in County Galway an American Golden Plover was located at Truska. Around the Shetland Isles, Fetlar hosted both Sykes's Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler, Mainland held Sykes's Warbler and American Buff-bellied Pipit, Unst both Lanceolated Warbler and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Out Skerries Black-headed Bunting and Citrine Wagtail, with an around the islands supporting cast of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Bluethroat, Honey Buzzard, two Barred Warblers, three each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Greenland Redpoll, 13 Yellow-browed Warblers and 133 Lapland Buntings. On the Isles of Scilly both the Spotted Sandpiper and American Golden Plover remained whilst, on Tresco, a Tundra Peregrine was a new discovery. Elsewhere on the archipelago were Spotted Crake, Wryneck, Spoonbill, two each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper, and 23 Lapland Buntings. Otherwise, lingering rarities comprised both the Myrtle Warbler and House Crow still in County Cork, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Essex, Wilson's Phalaropes in both Norfolk and County Wicklow, American Golden Plover in North Yorkshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Ross's Goose in Cumbria, Glossy Ibises in Devon (3) and Dorset, and single Ferruginous Ducks in Somerset, Suffolk and West Yorkshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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