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| Wednesday 28th August 2013 | ||
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| Drift rarities continued to dominate the headlines, with two new Booted Warblers discovered on the Shetland Isles (Out Skerries and Whalsay),
Arctic Warbler in County Durham, Citrine Wagtails in Norfolk (2), Northumberland and the Isles of Scilly (3),
Greenish Warblers in County Durham (2 together at Whitburn), North Yorkshire (2 together at Scarborough), Northumberland, and the Shetland Isles (2).
Associated scarce migrants comprised Short-toed Lark (Lincolnshire), Rose-coloured Starling (Norfolk),
Red-breasted Flycatcher (East Yorkshire), Marsh Warbler (Shetland Isles),
Lapland Bunting (Orkney Isles), Ortolan Bunting (2 in Dorset) and
Corncrake (3 on the Shetland Isles), with totals of four Common
Rosefinches, five Icterine Warblers, seven Barred Warblers, 10 Red-backed Shrikes and 29
Wrynecks. Other rarities today were the Pied-billed Grebe still in County Mayo, Snowy Owl in County Donegal, Wilson's Phalarope new in County Antrim, a Ferruginous Duck in Somerset, Bonaparte's Gull in Lancashire, and lingering Two-barred Crossbills in Norfolk and South Yorkshire (4 together). Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (County Louth), Temminck's Stint (South Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Aberdeenshire and Western Isles), three Pectoral Sandpipers and four Spotted Crakes (including two together in Kent). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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