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| Thursday 26th September 2013 | ||
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| A fantastic day for avian arrivals from the east was headlined by a
Sykes's Warbler on Fair Isle, Shetland this afternoon. Other new discoveries
on Shetland included Blyth's Reed Warblers at Funzie, Fetlar and
Burrafirth, Unst, and single Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls in the Norwick
area of the latter island and at Fladdabister, Mainland. Further south, on
Orkney, a Blyth's Reed Warbler and an Arctic Warbler were on South
Ronaldsay, and an Olive-backed Pipit was seen on Papa Westray, while
other Blyth's Reed Warblers were on Barra, Western Isles, and at
Whitburn, County Durham. A Tawny Pipit was reported from Zennor,
Cornwall, an Alpine Swift was at Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, a
Red-rumped Swallow flew over Landguard NR, Suffolk, a Little Bunting
was on Blakeney Point, Norfolk and 15 Glossy Ibises were briefly at the
Cotswold Water Park, Wiltshire.
The only arrivals from the west found today was the first Red-eyed Vireo of the year, at Inch Strand, County Cork and a American Golden Plover over Appleby Carrs, Lincolnshire. Lingering rarity highlights included Booted Warbler and Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Wexford, Sardinian Warbler in Borders, Siberian Stonechat in Gwynedd, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Western Subalpine Warbler and Olive-backed Pipit in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs' in Kent and County Galway and three Blue-winged Teals in Lincolnshire. The big talking point of the day, however, involved Yellow-browed Warblers, with one of the biggest arrivals ever noted in Britain. At least 490 individuals were counted, the vast majority predictably on the Northern Isles and the east coast. The largest counts came from Shetland, with 102 on Unst, 57 on Mainland, 40 on Fair Isle, 15 on Fetlar and 13 on Foula. Elsewhere, 17 were on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 13 at Mire Loch, Borders, 12 in the Spurn area, Yorkshire and 11 on Holy Island, Northumberland. Smaller (but still good) numbers of Red-breasted Flycatchers, Wrynecks, Common Rosefinches, Barred Warblers, Bluethroats, Richard's Pipits, Red-backed Shrikes and Corncrakes were also seen, along with an Icterine Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, a Woodchat Shrike and a Serin. A Sooty Shearwater at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire is potentially the first inland record of the species for Britain. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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