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| Thursday 28th October 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an American Bittern in Cornwall near Zennor at Trewey Common. Present for at least four days, whilst being watched by non-birders and believing it to be a Bittern, the true identity was only realised today. The last twitchable American Bittern was in 1991, with the only records since concerning a suppressed bird in Cornwall in 1999 and one found dead in Pembrokeshire in 2008. Elsewhere, a Franklin's Gull was discovered in Derbyshire at Willington before relocating to Foremark Reservoir, the Green Heron remained in Cornwall, as did the Squacco Heron on Pembrokeshire, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on the Shetland Isles, King Eider in Suffolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Oxfordshire, Glossy Ibis in Norfolk, single American Golden Plovers in each of Devon, Norfolk, County Tipperary and the Western Isles and two Ferruginous Ducks together in Somerset. On the Isles of Scilly the Spotted Sandpiper remained alongside Dusky Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Wryneck, two Serins and four Yellow-browed Warblers. Other scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Shetland Isles), Serin (Dorset), American Wigeon (North Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Somerset), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Green-winged Teal (Norfolk), two Cattle Egrets, three Black Brants, four Great White Egrets, nine each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, and Waxwing reports from 29 counties including 700 in Forth, 600 on the Western Isles and 500 together in Aberdeenshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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