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| Wednesday 26th October 2011 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Bufflehead in Cornwall at Lizard. Elsewhere, a
Pallid Swift arrived in Norfolk between Cromer and West Runton, Olive-backed Pipits
were found in Aberdeenshire at Rattray Head, and Filey, North Yorkshire (2),
and a Subalpine Warbler was new at Old of Kinsale, County Cork. In County Wexford a second
Northern Harrier was confirmed at Tacumshin, whilst a Black-bellied Dipper was
identified at Shipley, West Yorkshire. Brief encounters included single Pallid Harriers in both Borders and Lothian, and a
Red-throated Pipit in Norfolk. On the Isles of Scilly the Northern Waterthrush remained alongside Wilson's Snipe, Upland Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Bluethroat, Spotted Crake, Pectoral Sandpiper, Lapland Bunting and five Yellow-browed Warblers. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Siberian Rubythroat on the Shetland Isles, Brown Shrike in Argyll, Pied Wheatear in Gloucestershire, Red-eyed Vireo in County Cork, Daurian Shrike in Norfolk, Siberian Stonechat on the Orkney Isles, Upland Sandpiper in County Mayo, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Cleveland, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Long-billed Dowitchers in Somerset (2) and Dumfries and Galloway, American Golden Plovers in County Galway and County Mayo, White-rumped Sandpiper in Leicestershire, Black Scoter in Northumberland, Black Duck in County Mayo, King Eider in Moray, Lesser Scaup in Northumberland, Ferruginous Duck in Lincolnshire, Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll and two Glossy Ibises together in County Cork. Significant late news concerned a Swainson's Thrush present on Friday on the Orkney Isles, at Birsay, Mainland. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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