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| Wednesday 1st December 2010 | ||
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| Long staying rarities confirmed as still present today included the Green
Heron at Pentewan, Cornwall, the House Crow at Cobh, County Cork and
the Long-billed Dowitcher at Lodmoor, Dorset. The adult Glossy Ibis
was also still near Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan.
Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch in Gwynedd, a Grey Phalarope in Lothian, a Surf Scoter in Devon, a Great Grey Shrike in Lancashire, a Cattle Egret in Gloucestershire, two Great White Egrets and five Rough-legged Buzzards. A Stone Curlew on the Farne Islands, Northumberland was a remarkable record, as was a report of a Golden Oriole in Yorkshire. Two Ospreys, in Lincolnshire and Devon, were also very unseasonable. Several Pomarine Skuas were seen in inner London, with flocks of Tundra Bean Geese and Eider also seen over the city. |
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| Tuesday 30th November 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation of the presence of a white morph Gyr in County Sligo at Drumcliff Bay. First suspected nearby on 28th November, it is perhaps the same individual that was present in that general area between 5th December 2009 and 17th January 2010. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Green Heron in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Glossy Ibis in Glamorgan and a Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll. Scarcities included seven each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Shorelark, three each of Yellow-browed Warbler and Glaucous Gull, two each of Iceland Gull and Caspian Gull, and single Pallas's Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Common Rosefinch (Gwynedd), Surf Scoter (Devon), Ring-necked Duck (Buckinghamshire), Ring-billed Gull (West Yorkshire), Great White Egret (Northamptonshire) and Great Grey Shrike (Dorset). Waxwings were reported from 42 counties. |
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| Sunday 28th November 2010 | ||
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| Four of the five new rarities today were wildfowl, and included two
Ferruginous Ducks, a female in Burgess Park, London and another at Cheddar
Reservoir, Somerset, a Black Duck in Bangor, County Down and a Ross's
Goose at Holkham, Norfolk. A Coues's Arctic Redpoll was seen in Cley,
Norfolk twice before it flew west.
Lingering rarities included an American Coot in County Mayo, a Blue-winged Teal in Dumfries and Galloway, a Northern Harrier in Norfolk, a Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, a Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire and a Forster's Tern in County Galway. Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe, a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Surf Scoter, a Grey Phalarope, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Common Rosefinches, two Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, three Ring-billed Gulls and six Great Grey Shrike. |
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| Saturday 27th November 2010 | ||
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| In Dumfries and Galloway, a drake Blue-winged Teal was present for its
second day at Threave Castle, near Castle Douglas. Further south, both
Northern Harriers remained in situ, in Norfolk and County Wexford, as did
the American Coot in County Mayo, House Crow and American
Golden Plover in County Cork, Forster's Tern in County Galway,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire,
Ferruginous Duck in County Down and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in
Cambridgeshire. News of a first-winter drake Baikal Teal at Cambourne, Cambridgeshire was quickly corrected, when photos were released which clearly showed a hybrid. Scarcity highlights included a Common Rosefinch in Glamorgan, a Hoopoe in Dorset, a Cattle Egret and Surf Scoter in Devon, two Rough-legged Buzzards, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, four Grey Phalaropes and six Great White Egrets. |
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| Friday 26th November 2010 | ||
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| In Norfolk, a Penduline Tit was seen briefly at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB,
whilst in the same county the juvenile male Northern Harrier remained in
the Thornham area. Other long staying rarities seen today included Green
Heron in Cornwall, American Coot in County Mayo, Long-billed
Dowitcher in Dorset and Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire.
Scarcity highlights included a Hoopoe in Dorset, a Richard's Pipit in Glamorgan, a Rough-legged Buzzard in Lincolnshire, a Cattle Egret in Devon, two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Grey Phalaropes, two Surf Scoters, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Great White Egrets and three Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Thursday 25th November 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation of the identity of the Northern Harrier
in Norfolk. Present along the North Norfolk coast since October, it showed again today between Thornham and Titchwell. Elsewhere, rarities comprised the Green Heron still in Cornwall, Northern Harrier and Glossy Ibis together in County Wexford, House Crow in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire, Blue-winged Teal in County Tipperary, two Glossy Ibises together in Devon and a Northern Long-tailed Tit discovered at Wishaw, Clyde. Scarcities comprised four Rough-legged Buzzards, three Great White Egrets, two Ring-billed Gulls and single Surf Scoter, Serin and Cattle Egret (all Devon), Hoopoe (Dorset), Ring-necked Duck (County Cork), Black Brant (West Sussex), Yellow-browed Warbler (Cornwall), Green-winged Teal (County Antrim), Dotterel (Dumfries and Galloway) and Greenland Redpoll (Isles of Scilly). Waxwings were noted in 34 counties. |
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| Tuesday 23rd November 2010 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was confirmation of the identification of a Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler at Holme Dunes, Norfolk, having first been noted there yesterday. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today comprised the Green Heron in Cornwall, Northern Harrier in County Wexford, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Leicestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Merseyside, Ferruginous Duck in Somerset and Glossy Ibises in Devon (3), County Wexford and Wiltshire. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Kent), Common Rosefinch and Surf Scoter (Pembrokeshire), Ring-billed Gull (Essex) and Great Grey Shrike (Dorset), two each of Cattle Egret and Green-winged Teal, three Black Brants, four each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler and five Great White Egrets. Waxwings were reported from 35 counties. |
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