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| Thursday 15th August 2013 | ||
| The wandering Bridled Tern briefly returned to its favoured location
today - the Inner Farne jetty, Northumberland. It was seen briefly early
afternoon, but not again.
A further three Two-barred Crossbills were found at Broomhill Reservoir, South Yorkshire, making a total (so far) of nine. A stunning adult male appeared today, which was seen with two adult females and six juveniles. There are just two flocks larger than this one recorded recently, both on Shetland in the last influx year of 2008. A flock of 20 is accepted from Bedfordshire in 1890, as is a flock of nine in Cumbria in 1846. The fourth Wilson's Petrel was recorded for the Scilly pelagic season, whilst lingering rarities present today included the Swinhoe's Petrel on Fair Isle, Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire and Bonaparte's Gull at Oare, Kent. Scarcity highlights included a Short-toed Lark, Dotterel, Temminck's Stint, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, three Pectoral Sandpipers, three Sabine's Gulls, seven Pomarine Skuas, two Cory's Shearwaters and 12 Great Shearwaters. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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