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| Monday 19th October 2015 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler on Fair Isle, Shetland, there alongside
Radde's Warbler, Olive-backed Pipit, Ortolan Bunting, Little Bunting
and Bluethroat. In Norfolk two Red-flanked Bluetails remained alongside two Isabelline Shrikes, Olive-backed Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Pallas's Warbler and Little Bunting. On the Isles of Scilly the Hudsonian Whimbrel was seen again, as well as the Blyth's Pipit, Red-flanked Bluetail, an Olive-backed Pipit, Short-toed Lark and two Little Buntings. Elsewhere, a Pallid Harrier was discovered in County Mayo, the Isabelline Shrike remained in Devon, as did a Penduline Tit in Suffolk, Gull-billed Tern in County Kerry, Siberian Stonechat in East Yorkshire, Dusky Warblers on East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Shetland Isles (2), Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Lesser Scaup in County Mayo, and Northern Harrier on the Orkney Isles. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 18th October 2015 | ||
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| New rarities today comprised a Red-flanked Bluetail and an
Olive-backed Pipit at Hemsby, Norfolk (with others of the latter species at
Brevig, Western Isles, Whitburn, County Durham, Hartlepool, Cleveland and
Portland, Dorset), two Penduline Tits at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk,
Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler at Kingsdown, Kent, Red-throated Pipit
on Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Lesser Scaup on Achill Island, County Mayo
and single White-rumped Sandpipers at Loch of Strathbeg RSPB,
Aberdeenshire and Blennerville, County Kerry.
Rarities lingering in Norfolk included two Red-flanked Bluetails, two Isabelline Shrikes, an Olive-backed Pipit, a Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and a Blyth's Reed Warbler. Scilly continued to hold the Hudsonian Whimbrel, Blyth's Pipit and Red-flanked Bluetail, whilst Shetland still had a Radde's Warbler and two Dusky Warblers. Other lingerers included the Gull-billed Tern in County Kerry, Isabelline Shrike and Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Siberian Stonechat, Olive-backed Pipit and Dusky Warbler in Yorkshire (with another of the latter still in Cornwall), Greater Yellowlegs on the Isle of Wight, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland and Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire. There were no sightings of the Wilson's Warbler on Lewis. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 17th October 2015 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an American Herring Gull near St Just,
Cornwall, a Gull-billed Tern near Tralee, County Kerry, a Dusky
Warbler at Dale of Walls, Shetland, a Radde's Warbler at Kenidjack
Valley, Cornwall and a Black Kite near Farnborough, Hampshire.
Rarities lingering in Norfolk included two Red-flanked Bluetails, two Isabelline Shrikes, an Olive-backed Pipit, a Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and a Blyth's Reed Warbler. Scilly continued to hold the Hudsonian Whimbrel, Blyth's Pipit and Red-throated Pipit, whilst Shetland still had a Red-flanked Bluetail, an Olive-backed Pipit, a Radde's Warbler and another Dusky Warbler. Other lingering rarities included the Wilson's Warbler in the Western Isles, Northern Harrier in Orkney, Siberian Stonechat in Yorkshire, Isabelline Shrike in Devon, single Dusky Warblers in Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland, Blyth's Reed Warbler in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland and Lesser Scaup in County Kerry. |
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| Friday 16th October 2015 | ||
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| In Kent, a Short-toed Treecreeper was in the trapping area at
Dungeness this afternoon. Three new Red-flanked Bluetails were found
today, at Kergord, Shetland, Wells Woods, Norfolk and Low Newton-by-the-Sea,
Northumberland, new Dusky Warblers were at Flamborough, Yorkshire and
Farne Islands, Northumberland, and a Lesser Scaup was on Lough Gill,
County Kerry.
Lingering rarities included the Wilson's Warbler in the Western Isles, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Blyth's Pipit, Siberian Stonechat and Red-flanked Bluetail in the Isles of Scilly, Isabelline Shrikes in Devon and Norfolk (two), Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and Red-flanked Bluetail in Norfolk, single Blyth's Reed Warblers in Norfolk and County Cork, Dusky Warbler in Cornwall, Radde's Warbler in Shetland, another Siberian Stonechat in Yorkshire, single Olive-backed Pipits in Norfolk and Yorkshire and White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 13th October 2015 | ||
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| Spectacular news today with Britain's second Wilson's Warbler discovered in the Western Isles, on Lewis at Port
Nis; a male discovered in the mid afternoon, it remained until late in the evening, although
it did prove elusive. On the Isles of Scilly Blyth's Pipit, Red-throated Pipit and Radde's Warbler were all found on St Mary's, with Red-flanked Bluetail still on St Agnes, as well as Short-toed Lark, Common Rosefinch and two Little Buntings around the islands. On the Shetland Isles Pechora Pipit, Siberian Stonechat, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Rustic Bunting, Easterm Subalpine Warbler, three each of Olive-backed Pipit, Bluethroat and Glossy Ibis, and a total of six Little Buntings was logged. Elsewhere, Pechora Pipit and Northern Harrier were together on the Orkney Isles on North Ronaldsay, Red-flanked Bluetail, Isabelline Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler and Dusky Warbler in Norfolk, two Red-flanked Bluetails in East Yorkshire, Olive-backed Pipit in Dorset, Greater Yellowlegs on the Isle of Wight, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, and Ridgway's Cackling Goose in Devon. |
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| Saturday 10th October 2015 | ||
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| The highlights of the day were a Pechora Pipit and now three Olive-backed Pipits on the Shetland Isles, a
Black Scoter in County Kerry at Rossbeigh, a Pallid Harrier in Fife over-flying the Isle of May,
Siberian Stonechat in Suffolk at Orford Ness, Rustic Bunting on the Orkney Isles at Sandside, Mainland,
Olive-backed Pipit briefly in East Yorkshire at Spurn, White-rumped Sandpiper in Norfolk at Cley, single
Alpine Swifts in both Cornwall and Devon, and an Azorean Yellow-legged Gull
at Stanwick, Northamptonshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pallid Harrier in West Sussex, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Hampshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Moray, Northern Harrier on the Orkney Isles, and the Ridgway's Cackling Goose in Devon. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark (Isles of Scilly), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Norfolk), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Temminck's Stint (Orkney Isles), American Wigeon (County Wexford), two each of Bluethroat, Pectoral Sandpiper, Snow Goose and Cory's Shearwater, three of Rose-coloured Starling, Common Rosefinch, Hoopoe and Wryneck, four of Barred Warbler and American Golden Plover, eight Little Buntings, nine Glossy Ibises and 13 Richard's Pipits. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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