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Monday 28th July 2014  
  News was released today of a breeding attempt currently being made by Bee-eaters at Wydcombe Estate NT on the Isle of Wight. There are three adults tending a nest containing an unknown number of young. This is the first publicised breeding attempt of Bee-eaters since 2005, when a nest containing young was predated by a fox in Herefordshire, with the last successful breeding occurring in 2002, when two young fledged in County Durham.

Further north, a Collared Pratincole was found at Castle Island, Northumberland mid afternoon (with no sign of the bird at Minsmere, Suffolk), and a White-rumped Sandpiper was at Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire.

Lingering rarities seen today included single Pacific Golden Plovers in Staffordshire and Orkney, Black-winged Stilt families in Suffolk and Sussex and the Ross's Gull in Devon.

Scarcity highlights included the Night Heron in Warwickshire, Spotted Crake and Long-tailed Skua in Norfolk and the White-winged Black Tern in Cleveland, whilst news was also released today of a breeding attempt made by a pair of Marsh Warblers at Spurn, Yorkshire.
Will Soar, RBA
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