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| Sunday 16th December 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the confiding American Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire at Queen Mother Reservoir. Elsewhere, rarities
noted comprised the Pacific Diver still in Cornwall, American Coot in County Galway,
Gyr on the Western Isles, Desert Wheatear in Aberdeenshire, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk,
Subalpine Warbler in Cornwall, Red-breasted Goose in Hampshire, Blue-winged Teal
and Richardson's Canada Goose in Dumfries and Galloway, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and Somerset,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Devon, Glossy Ibis in Hampshire, and a Black Kite reported in Hertfordshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Devon), Rough-legged Buzzard (Norfolk), Temminck's Stint (Somerset), Grey Phalarope (Bedfordshire), Americna Wigeon (Norfolk and West Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (County Waterford), Green-winged Teal (Lancashire), and Ring-necked Duck (Cornwall (2), Devon, Highland and Somerset). Waxwings were recorded across 47 counties between Highland, Lothian, Kent and the Isles of Scilly, including maximum site counts including 254 in East Yorkshire, 175 Leicestershire, 170 in Glamorgan, 160 in Staffordshire, 125 in Gloucestershire and 100 in Derbyshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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