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| Saturday 13th June 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a male Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Hampshire, in the New Forest at Acres Down. Elsewhere, a
Blyth's Reed Warbler joined the lingering Paddyfield Warbler on Blakeney Point, Norfolk, a Franklin's Gull was in County Galway at Rusheen Bay, a
Laughing Gull made a brief visit to Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, as did a Whiskered Tern
in North Yorkshre at Wheldrake, and a Bee-eater in Essex. Other lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Hudsonian Whimbrel in West Sussex, Greater Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Great Reed Warbler on the Shetland Isles, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk, and King Eider in Aberdeenshire , but the Cretzschmar's Bunting could not be found on Bardsey, Gwynedd. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler (West Midlands), Icterine Warbler (Highland), Golden Oriole (Norfolk), Hoopoe (cornwall), Wryneck (Pembrokeshire), Cattle Egret (Kent), Glossy Ibis (County Waterford), three each of both Marsh Warbler and migrant Red-necked Phalaropes, and four each of Common Rosefinch and Red-backed Shrike. Significant late news concerned a Cedar Waxwing at Kilrush, County Clare, on 3rd-4th June. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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