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| Tuesday 11th February 2014 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Myrtle Warbler still in County Durham, American
Coot, Black Duck and Franklin's Gull in Highland, Red-flanked
Bluetail in Wiltshire, Ross's Gull and Bonaparte's Gull in Glamorgan, American Buff-bellied Pipit
in Cheshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warblers in both Kent and Warwickshire,
Two-barred Crossbills in Gloucestershire (12), Lincolnshire and Norfolk,
Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, King Eider in County Mayo and Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in County Wexford. Scarcities included five Surf Scoters and four each of both Glossy Ibis and Lapland Bunting, whilst further notable gulls included totals of 15 Glaucous, eight Kumlien's, eight Iceland, four Ring-billed and two Caspian. In Kent the pond heron present in gardens at Saltwood, Hythe, since 21st January was seen again today and is probably a Chinese Pond Heron. If the identification is confirmed as Chinese Pond Heron then this will be the second individual of this species to be located in Britain, following an adult in 2004; initially suppressed at Eccles, Norfolk on 31st October and then present at East Dean, Hampshire on 13th November. The 2004 record was assessed by the BOURC who considered this adult in breeding plumage in late autumn to be an escape from captivity, and so added the species to Category E of the British List. Other records in Europe come from Norway (autumn 1973, Category D), Hungary (August 2000, Category D), and Finland (July 2007 and August 2012, both Category E). Chinese Pond Heron breeds from Manchuria and east China west to Assam, North Burma and Japan, with northern breeders migrating to winter in the Malay Peninsula, Indochina, Borneo and Sumatra. That long distance vagrancy in this species occurs is not in doubt, with three records from the Bering Sea: on the Pribilof Islands in August 1996, Attu in May 2010, and on St Lawrence in July 2011, all 2,500 to 3,000 miles beyond the normal range of the species. As with other pond heron species, Chinese Pond Heron is known in captivity in Europe. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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