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| Thursday 8th May 2014 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today comprised an Eastern Subalpine Warbler on
the Shetland Isles on Fair Isle, a Subalpine Warbler in Pembrokeshire on Ramsey Island, Bonaparte's Gull
in County Wexford at Tacumshin, at least one Black-winged Stilt in Kent at Dungeness, a brief
White-billed Diver in Cornwall, and single Red-rumped Swallows in
both East Sussex and Kent. A Lesser Yellowlegs at Beadnell, Northumberland, was the same
individual as that present at College Lake, Buckinghamshire on 5th May: a movement north of 262 miles. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were Myrtle Warbler, Caspian Stonechat and Western Subalpine Warbler on the Shetland Isles, two Black Kites together on the Isles of Scilly, two Two-barred Crossbills together in Norfolk, and White-billed Divers in both Aberdeenshire and the Orkney Isles. Scarcities included 50 migrant Dotterel, eight Glossy Ibises, four Temminck's Stints, three each of both Wryneck and Cattle Egret, two Hoopoes, Woodchat Shrike (Lancashire), Serin (Lincolnshire), Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), Pectoral Sandpiper (Northumberland), Ring-billed Gull (Western Isles), Surf Scoter (Lothian), American Wigeon (Argyll) and Ring-necked Duck (County Kerry). |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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