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| Saturday 13th October 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was an Eyebrowed Thrush seen briefly on Foula. Elsewhere on the Shetland Isles, four
Olive-backed Pipits were discovered, along with a Coues's Arctic Redpoll
on Unst, two Little Buntings, Bluethroat, Red-breasted
Flycatcher, Richard's Pipit, Spotted Crake, Great Grey
Shrike, Lapland Bunting and three Yellow-browed Warblers. A White's Thrush was found on Barra, Western Isles, as was a Booted Warbler in Devon at Slapton Ley, Paddyfield Warbler and Blyth's Reed Warbler together in Northumberland at St Mary's Island, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Dorset at Radipole Lake, Tawny Pipit in East Yorkshire, and Little Bunting in County Durham. In Ireland, Spotted Sandpipers were new in both County Clare and County Sligo, a Lesser Yellowlegs was in County Kerry and a White-rumped Sandpiper arrived in County Wexford. On the Scilly Isles both the Blackpoll Warbler and Solitary Sandpiper remained on Bryher, whilst American Golden Plover, Rose-coloured Starling, Spoonbill, two Wrynecks and three Yellow-browed Warblers were noted around the archipelago. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present included the American Buff-bellied Pipit in County Kerry, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Paddyfield Warbler in Cornwall, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Dublin, American Golden Plovers in County Clare and Orkney Isles, Glossy Ibises in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall (8) and Pembrokeshire, and the Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Leicestershire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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