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| Sunday 16th October 2011 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was Britain's second Short-toed Eagle
watched migrating over both Devon and Dorset: first noted over Dawlish Warren late morning
before it was watched crossing the Exe Estuary, reaching Exmouth and Orcombe Point, before
later being noted over Lyme Bay, Dorset mid-afternoon. Other new rarities included single Red-flanked Bluetails in County Durham and Wirral, Daurian Shrike in Kent, Booted Warbler in Suffolk, Squacco Heron in Somerset, Baird's Sandpiper in County Wexford, single Semipalmated Sandpipers in both County Cork and Somerset, a Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria and Ferruginous Duck in North Yorkshire. On the Isles of Scilly a Blyth's Reed Warbler was discovered alongside the lingering Northern Waterthrush, Wilson's Snipe, Upland Sandpiper, Radde's Warbler, three Black Kites, Subalpine Warbler, Red-throated Pipit, Lesser Yellowlegs, American Golden Plover, Melodious Warbler, Bluethroat, Red-backed Shrike, three Richard's Pipits, four Wrynecks and eight Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the Shetland Isles a Pallid Harrier remained, and both Olive-backed Pipit and Pallas's Warbler were discovered. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the Northern Harrier and three Semiplamted Sandpipers together in County Wexford, Red-eyed Vireo in County Cork, Pallid Harrier in Somerset, Red-flanked Bluetails in East Yorkshire and Kent, Olive-backed Pipit in Suffolk, Radde's Warbler in Norfolk, Upland Sandpiper and Black Duck in County Mayo, Black Scoter and Lesser Scaup in Northumberland, Forster's Tern in County Louth, King Eider in Moray, Spotted Sandpipers in both Devon and Somerset, Lesser Yellowlegs in Argyll and Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Ayrshire and Somerset (2), American Golden Plovers in Argyll, County Cork (3) and Western Isles, White-rumped Sandpipers in Leicestershire, County Mayo and Western Isles, three Black Kites together in Cornwall, Glossy Ibis in Cleveland, Cornwall, Essex, Kent and County Wexford (4), Ferruginous Ducks in Berkshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset, and the Ross's Goose in Dumfries and Galloway. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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