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| Monday 10th September 2012 | ||
| The influx of Nearctic waders continued today, with Short-billed Dowitchers still in Dorset at Lodmoor, and on Tresco, Isles of Scilly,
Semipalmated Plover on the Western Isles, Baird's Sandpipers
both in Cleveland and Norfolk (at Titchwell), Semipalmated Sandpiper in Highland,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, White-rumped Sandpipers in Cambridgeshire and County Wexford, four American Golden
Plovers, eight Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 18 Pectoral
Sandpipers. Elsewhere, the Baillon's Crake at Rainham Marshes, London was briefly joined by an Aquatic Warbler, the Spanish Sparrow remained in Suffolk, single Snowy Owls were in County Donegal and the Western Isles, a Black Duck was reported again in County Mayo, two Citrine Wagtails remained on the Isles of Scilly, the Red-footed Falcon was still in West Sussex, an Ortolan Bunting was in County Galway and a Glossy Ibis in Pembrokeshire. Scarcities included 25 Lapland Buntings, two each of Barred Warbler, Wryneck and Spotted Crake, and single Golden Oriole (Shetland Isles), Red-backed Shrike (Norfolk) and Ring-necked Duck (South Yorkshire). Seawatching highlights includced 39 Cory's Shearwaters, six Great Shearwaters, five Sabine's Gulls, a Long-tailed Skua, and many Balearic Shearwaters, including 282 passing Start Pint, Devon. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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