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| Thursday 5th September 2013 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Yellow-breasted Bunting on Brownsman,
Northumberland. Although the eleventh record of this species on the Farne
Islands - all since 1972, and all between 20th August and 20th September - the last widely watched Yellow-breasted
Bunting in Britain was at Portland, Dorset on 3rd September 2003, with others on the Isles of Scilly in 2003, 2001 and
2000. The recent dearth of records reflecting a significant decline in the World population. Elsewhere, new rarities included the first Aquatic Warbler of the autumn - at South Milton Ley, Devon - a Tawny Pipit in East Sussex at Rye Harbour, four Ortolan Buntings together in Dorset at Portland Bill, and two Arctic Warblers on the Shetland Isles; on Fair Isle, and at Maywick, Mainland. Nearctic waders were represented by the Stilt Sandpiper still in Cheshire, Baird's Sandpipers in both Argyll and County Kerry, Semipalmated Sandpipers in Dorset and Pembrokeshire, American Golden Plover in Argyll, Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the Western Isles, and a total of 11 Pectoral Sandpipers (including four in Nottinghamshire). Other lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pied-billed Grebe in County Mayo, Two-barred Crossbill in South Yorkshire, Western Subalpine Warbler and Greenish Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Lesser Scaup in Greater Manchester, and both Ferruginous Duck and Glossy Ibis in Somerset. Scarce migrants included eight Wrynecks, six Lapland Buntings, five each of both Spotted Crake and Red-backed Shrike, four Common Rosefinches, three Barred Warblers, two each of White-winged Black Tern and Icterine Warbler, and single Ring-necked Duck (County Durham), Corncrake (Shetland Isles), and Dotterel (Devon). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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