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| Sunday 7th October 2012 | ||
| County Galway continued its excellent run of American landbirds with a
Blackpoll Warbler on Inishmore Island, but there was no sign of the
Belted Kingfisher today. Also in Ireland a Northern Harrier was at
Tacumshin, County Wexford for its second day, an Upland Sandpiper was
heard as it flew over Lissagriffin, County Cork, a Lesser Yellowlegs was
on North Bull Island, County Dublin, a Long-billed Dowitcher was at Lough
Beg, County Cork, a White-rumped Sandpiper was at Reenroe, County Kerry
and new American Golden Plovers were in County Wexford and County Cork
(2). Red-rumped Swallows were found in Devon (in Plymouth), Cornwall
(over Tregunna) and Sussex (over Seaford).
Lingering rarities included Grey-cheeked Thrush and American Buff-bellied Pipit on the Isles of Scilly, Siberian Stonechat, Lanceolated Warbler and American Golden Plover in Shetland, Pallid Harrier in Yorkshire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Cork, Blyth's Reed Warbler in County Galway, three Glossy Ibises in Cornwall (with another still in Cambridgeshire), Richardson's Canada Goose in Argyll, Long-billed Dowitcher in Gloucestershire, and American Golden Plovers in Orkney, Dumfries and Galloway, County Mayo and the Western Isles (2). |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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