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| Wednesday 26th September 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of a busy day was the discovery of three Pallas's Grasshopper Warblers on the east coast; in Aberdeenshire at Collieston, in Cleveland at Hartlepool, and in County Durham at Whitburn. Other new rarities included a
Fea's Petrel, Greater Yellowlegs and Little Bunting all in Aberdeenshire,
Lanceolated Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit on the Orkney Isles, now two American Buff-bellied Pipits and a new
American Golden Plover on the Western Isles, Arctic Warbler and Baird's Sandpiper in Northumberland, two
Greenish Warblers in East Yorkshire, Little Bunting in Gwynedd, American Golden Plover in Lancashire and now three
Ortolan Buntings in Dorset. On the Shetland Isles another new Lanceolated Warbler joined Paddyfield Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit on Fair Isle, Sykes's Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit were on Foula, Blyth's Reed Warbler on Unst, and Olive-backed Pipit on Yell, with a supporting cast of seven Little Buntings, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, two Common Rosefinches, five Barred Warblers, three Richard's Pipits, Red-backed Shrike, 36 Yellow-browed Warblers and nine Lapland Buntings. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly an American Buff-bellied Pipit was found on St Mary's, with Aquatic Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, two Ortolan Buntings, Rose-coloured Starling, Barred Warbler, Dotterel, two Lapland Buntings and a Great Shearwater also logged. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present included the Short-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Booted Warbler in Norfolk, Greenish Warbler in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Little Buntings in both Cleveland and the Orkney Isles, and American Golden Plovers in Cumbria and the Orkney Isles (2). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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