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| Thursday 25th August 2016 | ||
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| The Royal Tern was still present in County Kerry today, and it also
visited the other side of the estuary in County Clare, where it was last
reported from Carrigaholt Bay early evening.
New discoveries today included a Citrine Wagtail at Polgigga, Cornwall, a Pallid Harrier at Toab, Shetland and a Greenish Warbler on the Isle of May, Fife. Lingering rarities included the Least Sandpiper in County Clare, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Louth, Lesser Yellowlegs in Essex, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, King Eider in County Donegal, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull in Northamptonshire and Bonaparte's Gull in Kent. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 22nd August 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of the first Booted Warbler of the year, on Fetlar, Shetland Isles. Related sightings included
Greenish Warblers in Dorset at Portland, the Orkney Isles at Evie and the Shetland Isles (2),
Common Rosefinch (Shetland Isles), Barred Warbler (Orkney Isles),
Red-backed Shrike (Norfolk), two Icterine Warblers, six Wrynecks, also
Melodious Warbler (Isles of Scilly), White-winged Black Tern (Leicestershire), and
Spotted Crake (East Yorkshire). Rare waders comprised a Lesser Yellowlegs new in Essex at Vange Marsh, the Terek Sandpiper still in County Wexford, Hudsonian Whimbrel in Cornwall, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Kerry, White-rumped Sandpiper in Northumberland, and a Temminck's Stint in London. Seabirds included Wilson's Petrels in County Clare and the Isles of Scilly (4), and totals of two Sabine's Gulls, two Great Shearwaters and five Cory's Shearwaters. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 19th August 2016 | ||
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| Seabirds were the feature of the day in south-west England and Ireland, with
the headline bird being a Black-browed Albatross past Prawle Point,
Devon. Two Fea's or Zino's Petrels flew past Galley Head, County Cork,
with totals of 544 Cory's Shearwaters, 461 Great Shearwaters, 132
Balearic Shearwaters, five Pomarine Skuas, two Long-tailed
Skuas, a Leach's Petrel and a Grey Phalarope also logged.
Other new discoveries today included single Greenish Warblers at Sands of Forvie NNR, Aberdeenshire and on Fair Isle, Shetland, and single Lesser Yellowlegs' at Tacumshin, County Wexford and Black Rock, County Kerry. Lingering rarities included the Least Sandpiper in County Clare, Hudsonian Whimbrel and Dalmatian Pelican in Cornwall, Bee-eater in Suffolk, Greenish Warbler in Yorkshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in the Western Isles, single Spotted Sandpipers in Lothian and Argyll and White-rumped Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire. A small east coast fall produced a Barred Warbler, a Corncrake, two Icterine Warblers, three Wrynecks and six Red-backed Shrikes, whilst other scarcities seen today included a Ortolan Bunting, a Spotted Crake, a Pectoral Sandpiper, another Icterine Warbler, another two Wrynecks, a Honey Buzzard, three Cattle Egrets and six Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 17th August 2016 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Royal Tern in County Mayo at Roonagh Lough, albeit early morning only before it flew out to sea and did not return. Elsewhere in Ireland the
Solitary Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper remained together in County Clare, as did the
Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork. The continued high pressure and easterly winds brought both Western Bonelli's Warbler and Citrine Wagtail to Bardsey, Gwynedd, Greenish Warbler and Barred Warbler to East Yorkshire, two each of both Ortolan Bunting and Wryneck, and five Icterine Warblers. Other rarities comprised both the Dalmatian Pelican and Hudsonian Whimbrel still in Cornwall, Spotted Sandpipers in both Argyll and Lothian, and White-rumped Sandpipers in Aberdeenshire and Norfolk. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Warwickshire), Temminck's Stint (Cleveland), Cattle Egret (Merseyside), Pectoral Sandpiper and Spotted Crake (both East Yorkshire), and five Glossy Ibises. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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