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| Saturday 29th September 2012 | ||
| The Shetland Isles continued to provide excellent birding with Sykes's
Warbler, American Buff-bellied Pipit (new on Fair Isle), Isabelline
Shrike, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, three Blyth's Reed Warblers,
Booted Warbler (new on Bressay), two Olive-backed Pipits, two Little
Buntings, American Golden Plover, Barred Warbler, two Richard's Pipits and 14
Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly, the American Buff-bellied Pipit showed again along with
Aquatic Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Common
Rosefinch, Dotterel and two Yellow-browed Warblers. Elsewhere, a Lesser Yellowlegs arrived in Somerset at Curry Moor, a Greenish Warbler was found in Kent at St Margaret's at Cliffe, a Little Bunting was at Bradfield Moors, South Yorkshire, and fly-overs included an Ortolan Bunting in County Cork, and Tawny Pipits in both Devon and Norfolk. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present included Short-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire, American Buff-bellied Pipits in both County Kerry and the Western Isles, Blyth's Reed Warbler on the Western Isles, Arctic Warbler in Northumberland, Greenish Warbler in East Yorkshire, Citrine Wagtail in Argyll, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, White-rumped Sandpipers in both County Dublin and County Wexford, American Golden Plovers on the Orkney Isles and Western Isles (2), Lesser Scaup in Somerset, and Glossy Ibises in Cambridgeshire and Pembrokeshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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