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| Tuesday 28th August 2012 | ||
| The highlight of the day was the discovery of another Greenish Warbler on the English east coast; at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire. Elsewhere,
Greenish Warblers remained in both Norfolk and Northumberland (2), a Lesser Scaup arrived at Chew Valley
Lake, Somerset, the Bonaparte's Gull was still in County Durham, as was
the Blue-winged Teal in Clyde, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, and
single Glossy Ibis in both Cambridgeshire and Carmarthenshire. Scarcities included seven each of both Wryneck and Pectoral Sandpiper, six Spotted Crakes, five Barred Warblers, and single Surf Scoter (Conwy), Ring-billed Gull (Forth), Red-necked Phalarope (Dumfries and Galloway), Woodchat Shrike (Dorset), Icterine Warbler (North Yorkshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Ceredigion), Melodious Warbler and Common Rosefinch (together in Pembrokeshire). Seawatching highlights included three Cory's Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters and two Sabine's Gulls. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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