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| Thursday 2nd June 2016 | ||
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| A Broad-billed Sandpiper was discovered at Brandon Marsh,
Warwickshire, as was a Red-throated Pipit at Galley Head, County Cork and
a Black Kite at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, whilst the Laughing
Gull returned to Dungeness, Kent briefly.
Lingering rarities included the Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Little Bittern in London, Iberian Chiffchaff and Alpine Swift in the Isles of Scilly, Greenish Warbler in Suffolk, Savi's Warbler in Gwent, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and single King Eiders in Highland and Aberdeenshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 1st June 2016 | ||
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| New discoveries today included an Alpine Swift on St Mary's, Isles of
Scilly and a Greenish Warbler at Kingsgate, Kent.
Lingering rarities included the Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Little Bittern in London, Greenish Warbler in Suffolk, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Kentish Plover, a Purple Heron, an Icterine Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, a Montagu's Harrier, two Red-backed Shrikes, two Iceland Gulls, three Glaucous Gulls and four Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 31st May 2016 | ||
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| A singing male White-crowned Sparrow was discovered in a garden at
South Dell, Lewis, Western Isles, where it was still showing well this evening.
It is likely that it has been present in the area for a while, as a possible
White-crowned Sparrow was reported less than four miles away in Port Nis in
early May.
Other new discoveries today included a Broad-billed Sandpiper at Druridge Pools, Northumberland, a Greenish Warbler at Gunton, Suffolk, a Red-rumped Swallow at Murlough, County Down and a Bee-eater in Torbay, Devon. Lingering rarities included the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in Shetland, Black-billed Cuckoo in the Western Isles, Dalmatian Pelican and Black Kite in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Little Bittern in London, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warbler in Gwent, Subalpine warbler sp in Fife, two Black-winged Stilts in Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 28th May 2016 | ||
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| A Black-browed Albatross spent a few hours on Fair Isle, Shetland this
morning, mostly in flight around the east side of the island, and a female
Black-eared Wheatear was seen at Happisburgh, Norfolk very briefly. The
Black-billed Cuckoo remained at Bayhead, Western Isles, the Lammergeier
was reported again from Dartmoor, Devon (having been seen in Somerset mid
afternoon yesterday) and the Dalmatian Pelican spent much of the day at
Drift Reservoir, Cornwall.
Other new discoveries today included a Snowy Owl in County Clare, Gull-billed Tern in Lothian, Forster's Tern in County Galway, two Greenish Warblers in Gwynedd, two Bee-eaters in both Kent and Cornwall and White-billed Diver in Shetland. Other lingering rarities included the Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Savi's Warbler in Yorkshire, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Subalpine warbler in Fife, single Red-footed Falcons in Essex and Wiltshire, two Black-winged Stilts in Essex and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland. |
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| Friday 27th May 2016 | ||
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| A Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Shetland and a Subalpine Warbler
on the Isle of May, Fife were new discoveries today, whilst lingering rarities
included the Black-billed Cuckoo in the Western Isles, Lammergeier
in Devon, Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in
Dorset, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, single Savi's Warblers
in Suffolk, Yorkshire and County Wicklow, Red-footed Falcon and two
Black-winged Stilts in Essex, other Red-footed Falcons in Suffolk and
Wiltshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland.
Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Marsh Warbler, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Honey Buzzard, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Hoopoes, two Serins, two Common Rosefinches, two Corncrakes, five Icterine Warblers and seven Red-backed Shrikes. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 24th May 2016 | ||
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| New rarities breaking today comprised a Black-headed Bunting in Pembrokeshire on Skomer, a
Bonaparte's Gull in Northumberland at Castle Island, a Savi's Warbler in East Yorkshire at Blacktoft Sands, and two
Bee-eaters briefly at Sandwich Bay, Kent. Continuing rarities were the Black-billed Cuckoo still on the Western Isles, the elusive Lammergeier and the Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Great Spotted Cuckoo in Dorset, Great Reed Warbler in Cambridgeshire, Savi's Warblers in both Suffolk and County Wicklow, two Black-winged Stilts together in Essex, and single Red-footed Falcons in Essex, Suffolk and Wiltshire. Scarcities included Melodious Warbler and Ortolan Bunting on the Isles of Scilly, Woodchat Shrike, Bluethroat, Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike and Surf Scoter on the Shetland Isles, Red-breasted Flycatcher on the Orkney Isles, Pectoral Sandpiper in County Durham and a Ring-billed Gull in Merseyside. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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