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| Wednesday 20th April 2011 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of both a Gull-billed Tern and
Lesser Yellowlegs at Shapwick Heath, Somerset. Other new rarities included an
Eastern Subalpine Warbler arrived on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, a Bonaparte's Gull was found on Lewis, Western Isles, and a
White-billed Diver was located off Row Head, Orkney Isles. Elsewhere, brief encounters included a
Sardinian Warbler at Orcombe Point, Devon, Black Kite at Denge Marsh, Kent, and in Dorset an
Ortolan Bunting at Portland Bill and single Red-rumped Swallows at both Stanpit Marsh and West Bexington. Lingering rarities comprised the Black Scoter in Northumberland, Black Stork in Hampshire, Blue-winged Teal in Carmarthenshire, Red-breasted Goose in Perth and Kinross, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, King Eider and Bonaparte's Gull together in Aberdeenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall, White-billed Diver in Moray, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Ross's Goose in Highland. Scarcities included an American Wigeon in Somerset, Ring-necked Duck in Cheshire, territorial White-spotted Bluethroat in Norfolk, Woodchat Shrikes in County Cork (2), County Waterford and the Isles of Scilly, Night Herons in Dorset and Essex, Purple Herons in Cornwall (2), Lincolnshire and Isles of Scilly, Hoopoes in both North Yorkshire and the Western isles, Serin in Suffolk and Golden Oriole on the Isles of Scilly. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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