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| Sunday 14th September 2014 | ||
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| The record of the day was the astounding news of four Long-billed
Dowitchers flying over Annesley Pit Top in Nottinghamshire. Duos have
appeared in Britain on eight previous occasions, but the only group larger than
this was in Ireland: a flock of five at Rahasane Turlough, County Galway in
1963. Single Little Buntings and Greenish Warblers were discovered
in both Northumberland and the Isles of Scilly, with the only other rarity being
a Forster's Tern at Dundalk, County Louth.
Lingering rarities were the Pallid Harrier in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire and the Blue-winged Teal (or hybrid) in Northumberland. It was a superb day for scarce migrants, mainly on the east coast, with totals of 34 Red-breasted Flycatchers, 18 Wrynecks, 16 Barred Warblers, 16 Yellow-browed Warblers, four Common Rosefinches, five Red-backed Shrikes, two Great Grey Shrikes, four Honey Buzzards, three Dotterel, two Corncrakes, two Lapland Buntings, a Marsh Warbler and a Hoopoe. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 13th September 2014 | ||
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| The second Whiskered Tern for the Isles of Scilly was seen today, on
the Great Pool on Tresco. The only other record was from the same island, when
one was shot in August 1851. Two Black-winged Stilts flew over
Ferrybridge, Dorset, with two Bee-eaters doing the same over Brading,
Isle of Wight. Further north, a Greenish Warbler was seen at Castlebay,
Barra, Western Isles.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Stilt Sandpiper in County Wexford, Snowy Owl on the Aberdeenshire /Moray border, Citrine Wagtail in the Western Isles, Rustic Bunting in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in County Durham and Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan. |
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| Friday 12th September 2014 | ||
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| The only new rarity reported today was a Citrine Wagtail at Grutness,
Shetland, with late news from yesterday of a Lanceolated Warbler on the
Isle of May, Fife.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Stilt Sandpiper in County Wexford, single Lesser Yellowlegs' in Hampshire and Pembrokeshire and Bonaparte's Gull in County Durham. |
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| Wednesday 10th September 2014 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the Stilt Sandpiper back in County Wexford at Lady's Island Lake, whilst lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the
Pallid Harrier on the Shetland Isles, Snowy Owl in Moray, Paddyfield Warbler
on the Orkney Isles, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Norfolk, and Citrine Wagtail on the Western Isles. New discoveries were a
Baird's Sandpiper reported in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, and both Bonelli's warbler sp and
Greenish Warbler on Cape Clear, County Cork. Scarcities included 14 Wrynecks, 10 Pectoral Sandpipers, eight Barred Warblers, six Red-backed Shrikes, five Sabine's Gulls, three Glossy Ibises, and two each of White-winged Black Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Rose-coloured Starling, Icterine Warbler, Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Crake, Long-tailed Skua and Dotterel, and single Yellow-browed Warbler (Shetland Isles), Melodious Warbler (Somerset), Purple Heron (Devon), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Cattle Egret (Cheshire), Ortolan Bunting and Common Rosefinch (both Pembrokeshire). |
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| Tuesday 9th September 2014 | ||
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| In County Offaly, two Lesser Yellowlegs were found at Derrinlough.
This is the second record of the species for the county, and is the first multi
bird record since 1999 when two were at Banks Marsh, Lancashire. Another
Greenish Warbler was at Whitburn Country Park, County Durham.
Lingering rarities included the Snowy Owl on Ben Macdui on the Moray /Aberdeenshire border, Pallid Harrier on Fair Isle, Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs at Normandy, Hampshire and Blue-winged Teal (or hybrid) at Castle Island, Northumberland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 7th September 2014 | ||
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| On the busiest day of the autumn so far, with over 500 messages sent, it is
perhaps surprising that there were only three new rarities discovered today.
First up was a Western Bonelli's Warbler at Kelling, Norfolk, which
maintains the county's recent good run of records of this species. A Citrine
Wagtail was in the Western Isles, at Borve Point on Benbecula, and a
Black Kite flew over Abberton Reservoir, Essex.
Lingering rarities included the Lesser Grey Shrike and Ferruginous Duck in Suffolk, Stilt Sandpiper in County Dublin, single Lesser Yellowlegs' in County Donegal and Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and the other Citrine Wagtail in the Western Isles on South Uist. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 6th September 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler trapped and ringed at Titchfield Haven,
Hampshire, although it was not seen after release. Elsewhere, rarities comprised a Lesser Grey Shrike new in Suffolk at Hollesley Marshes, Lesser Yellowlegs in both County Donegal and Hampshire, and a Blue-winged Teal (or hybrid) in Northumberland at Castle Island. The Stilt Sandpiper remained in County Dublin, as did the Laughing Gull in County Cork. Scarcities included 35 Wrynecks, 22 Barred Warblers, 16 Pectoral Sandpipers, nine Red-backed Shrikes, seven Common Rosefinches, four Dotterel, two each of Ortolan Bunting, Rose-coloured Starling, Temminck's Stint and Cattle Egret, and single Buff-breasted Sandpiper (County Wexford), Red-necked Phalarope (Cheshire), Marsh Warbler (Dorset), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Lincolnshire), Lapland Bunting (Western Isles), Short-toed Lark and Icterine Warbler (Shetland Isles). Significant late news concerned confirmation that the Snowy Owl was still present on 3rd September on the Moray/Aberdeenshire border at Ben Macdui, where it has been present - but suppressed - since 19th May. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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