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Sunday 26th February 2012 | ||
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The highlight of the day was the reappaearance of the female Hooded Merganser in Kent at Whetsted, where it was first seen briefly on 10th February 2012. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Common Yellowthroat in Gwent, Northern Waterthrush on the Isles of Scilly, Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Paddyfield Warbler in West Sussex, Red-breasted Geese in Dumfries and Galloway, Hampshire and Suffolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, two Long-billed Dowitchers in County Wexford, Bonaparte's Gulls in both Glamorgan and Highland, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan, two Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Norfolk, Ross's Geese in both Norfolk and Northumberland, and Glossy Ibises in Dorset, Lancashire, Norfolk (5), Pembrokeshire (3) and Suffolk. Scarcities included 30 Tundra Bean Geese and 38 Smew, whilst gull totals were 193 Iceland, 34 Glaucous, 11 Kumlien's, seven Ring-billed and three Caspian. |
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- Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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