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| Saturday 8th October 2011 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Upland Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, where both the
Wilson's Snipe, Least Sandpiper, two Lesser Yellowlegs, an
American Golden Plover and a Pectoral Sandpiper all remained. Elsewhere,
Nearctic shorebirds comprised the Semipalmated Plover still in County Kerry,
Least Sandpiper in County Wexford, Semipalmated Sandpipers in Couty Cork, Essex and County Wexford (3),
Spotted Sandpipers in both Devon and Somerset, Long-billed Dowitchers in Ayrshire, Cornwall and Dumfries and Galloway,
Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles, American Golden Plovers in County kerry (2), County Waterford, Shetland Isles and Western Isles,
White-rumped Sandpiper on the Western Isles, five Buff-breasted
Sandpipers and a further 12 Pectoral Sandpipers. Other rarities included a Barolo Little Shearwater passing Tynemouth, Northumberland, Bonaparte's Gull on the Orkney Isles, Blue-winged Teal in County Dublin, three Black Kites together in Cornwall, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, two Ross's Geese together in Northumberland, Ferruginous Ducks in both Berkshire and Northamptonshire, Glossy Ibises in County Cork (16), Cornwall, Dorset (3), Suffolk and County Wexford. Otherwise on the Scilly Isles the Northern Waterthrush remained alongside Subalpine Warbler, Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, three Wrynecks and four Yellow-browed Warblers. Around the Shetland Isles an American Buff-bellied Pipit was discovered on the Mainland at Quendale, where the lingering Pallid Harrier remained along with a Daurian Shrike, Citrine Wagtail, Richard's Pipit, two Barred Warblers, four Common Rosefinches and seven Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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