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| Saturday 12th May 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of more Red-rumped Swallows, with four together on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, three in Northumberland (two at Lynemouth, one at Low Newton-by-the-Sea), and one over Capel-le-Ferne, Kent. Elsewhere, a singing
Savi's Warbler was located in Suffolk at Walberswick, a Bee-eater in Pembrokeshire at Marloes, a
Black Kite briefly in Surrey at East Clandon, and the Forster's Tern returned to Tacumshin, County
Wexford for the summer. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Greater Yellowlegs and King Eider together in Aberdeenshire, Pallid Harrier in Lincolnshire, Squacco Heron in Somerset, Spotted Sandpiper and American Golden Plover together in County Wexford, Long-billed Dowitcher in Cumbria, Blue-winged Teal in Clyde, Red-rumped Swallow in Cambridgeshire, and Glossy Ibises in Pembrokeshire (4), Somerset and West Sussex. Scarcities included Woodchat Shrike (Devon (2) and Hampshire), Red-spotted Bluethroat (Northumberland), Red-backed Shrike (Northumberland), Wryneck (Cleveland, East Yorkshire and Fife), Golden Oriole (Cambridgeshire and Dorset), Kentish Plover (Cornwall), Temminck's Stint (three together in Norfolk), Long-tailed Skua (Argyll, Ayrshire and the Shetland Isles) and 20 migrant Dotterel. Meanwhile, the result of a DNA test on nfeathers from the suspected Atlas Flycatcher present at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire on 28th April-10th May 2012 showed it to be a Pied Flycatcher. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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