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| Tuesday 23rd May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Iberian Chiffchaff in Worcestershire on the Malvern Hills. Elsewhere, a
Rustic Bunting was new on Noss, Shetland Isles, and off the Isle of Man a Subalpine Warbler
was on the Calf of Man. Brief encounters included a Black Kite in Highland,
Red-rumped Swallows in East Yorkshire, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire and the Shetland Isles, and
Bee-eaters in East Yorkshire, Kent and Lincolnshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the territorial Little Bittern in Somerset, Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk, King Eider in Highland, and Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included three White-winged Black Terns together in Surrey, Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Golden Oriole (Perthshire), Ring-billed Gull (Ceredigion), Shorelark (Wirral), Great Grey Shrike (Devon), Grey-headed Wagtail (Shetland Isles), two each of Short-toed Lark, Woodchat Shrike, Temminck's Stint and migrant Red-necked Phalarope, three Glossy Ibises, four Night Herons and a total of 16 Cattle Egrets included a bird on a nest in Cheshire. |
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| Monday 22nd May 2017 | ||
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| A Red-throated Pipit and two male Red-footed Falcons flew over
Blakeney Point, Norfolk today, with two Black Kites elsewhere in the
county, over Cranwich Camp, Mundford. A singing Iberian Chiffchaff was
found at Emmbrook, Berkshire, a Red-footed Falcon flew over Messingham,
Lincolnshire, a Red-rumped Swallow flew over Hastings Country Park, East
Sussex and a Bee-eater flew over Long Nab, North Yorkshire.
Lingering rarities still present today included the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, single Little Bitterns in Somerset and Scilly, Red-footed Falcon in South Yorkshire and single Savi's Warblers in Suffolk and Norfolk. Scarcity highlights included a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Serin, a Short-toed Lark, a Shorelark, a Common Rosefinch, a Marsh Warbler, a Melodious Warbler, two Icterine Warblers, two Purple Herons, two Night Herons and three Bluethroats. |
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| Sunday 21st May 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a singing male Rustic Bunting at
Baltasound, Unst, Shetland, single Bee-eaters at Portland, Dorset and
Connor Downs, Cornwall, a Black Kite at Hurlstone Point, Somerset and
Red-footed Falcons at Tetney Lock, Lincolnshire and Thorne Moors, Yorkshire (now two
adult males). A male Little Bittern has once again returned to Ham
Wall RSPB, Somerset.
Lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff and Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Little Bittern in Scilly, single Bonaparte's Gulls in London and County Kerry, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and White-billed Diver in Orkney. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, a Yellow-browed Warbler, a Common Rosefinch, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Hoopoe, a Serin, three Bluethroats, a Woodchat Shrike, a Great Grey Shrike, two Red-backed Shrikes, three Golden Orioles, two Shorelarks, a Red-necked Phalarope, a Pectoral Sandpiper, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, three Temminck's Stints, three Dotterel, a Purple Heron, four Honey Buzzards and a Night Heron. |
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| Thursday 18th May 2017 | ||
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| In Yorkshire, the Black-browed Albatross was seen again at Bempton
Cliffs RSPB very briefly.
New discoveries included an Iberian Chiffchaff at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, an Arctic Redpoll at Quendale, Shetland, two Red-rumped Swallows at Portland Bill, Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher at Ringmoylan, County Limerick, Black-winged Stilt at Cley, Norfolk, single Black Kites at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire and Rainham, London, a White-billed Diver off Westray, Orkney and a report of a singing Hume's Warbler at Westleton, Suffolk. Lingering rarities included the Caspian Tern and Iberian Chiffchaff in Norfolk, Collared Pratincole and Semipalmated Sandpiper in Shetland, single Spotted Sandpipers in Cumbria and Staffordshire, Little Bittern in Scilly, Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk and Bonaparte's Gull in Dorset. |
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| Wednesday 17th May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Caspian Tern that joined the Savi's Warbler
at Hickling Broad, Norfolk. Meanwhile in Suffolk the Savi's Warbler at Minsmere was joined by a
Black-winged Stilt, with a Red-footed Falcon at nearby North Warren and
Black Kite overflying both Stoke-by-Nayland and Kirton. Other rarities comprised a Red-throated Pipit new in with the Collared Pratincole on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles whilst the Semipalmated Sandpiper remained on Unst, the Iberian Chiffchaff still in Norfolk, Little Bittern on the Isles of Scilly, Spotted Sandpipers in both Cumbria and Staffordshire, Bonaparte's Gull in London and at least two Bee-eaters briefly in Glamorgan. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark and Golden Oriole (Dorset), Woodchat Shrike (Isles of Scilly), Serin (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (County Antrim), Purple Heron and Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Glossy Ibis (Norfolk), Red-breasted Flycatcher and Grey-headed Wagtail (Shetland Isles), two Night Herons, three Shorelarks, five Cattle Egrets, nine Temminck's Stints and a total of 16 migrant Dotterel. |
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| Tuesday 16th May 2017 | ||
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| The adult Black-browed Albatross reappeared at Bempton Cliffs RSPB,
East Yorkshire today. It flew north-west along the cliff past the Bartlett Nab
Viewpoint, but wasn't seen at any other sites further along the coast.
New discoveries today included a singing Iberian Chiffchaff at Walsey Hills, Norfolk, a Thrush Nightingale on Fair Isle, Shetland, a Red-rumped Swallow on Unst, Shetland, a Tawny Pipit at Burniston, North Yorkshire, a Snowy Owl on Papa Westray, Orkney, a Red-footed Falcon at Coldwaltham, West Sussex, a Black Kite at Lenham Heath, Kent and a White-billed Diver off Lossiemouth, Moray. The Semipalmated Sandpiper seen at Balnakeil, Highland at the weekend was relocated on the beach at Haroldswick, Unst, Shetland. Lingering rarities included the Collared Pratincole in Shetland, single Spotted Sandpipers in Staffordshire and Cumbria, Little Bittern in Scilly, Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Red-footed Falcon in South Yorkshire, Black Duck in Highland and single Bonaparte's Gulls in London and Dorset. |
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| Monday 15th May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a first summer male
Baltimore Oriole on Tory Island in County Donegal. Other new discoveries
today included a Gull-billed Tern at a couple of sites in Cambridgeshire,
a Spotted Sandpiper at Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire, single
Bee-eaters over Dungeness and St Margaret's at Cliffe, both Kent and
Red-rumped Swallows at Daventry Reservoir, Northamptonshire and Druridge
Pools, Northumberland, where two were present.
Lingering rarities included the Collared Pratincole in Shetland, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Little Bittern in Scilly, Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll and Bonaparte's Gull in London. Scarcity highlights included a Kentish Plover, a Purple Heron, a Night Heron, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Kumlien's Gull, two Honey Buzzards, three Long-tailed Skuas, five Temminck's Stints, seven Shorelarks and 26 Dotterel. |
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| Sunday 14th May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the arrival of a Collared Pratincole on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles. Discoveries elsewhere included an
Eastern Subalpine Warbler in Devon at Dawlish Warren, a Subalpine Warbler sp in Conwy at Great Ormes Head,
a Bonelli's Warbler sp in Devon on Lundy, a Broad-billed Sandpiper briefly in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh, a
Bonaparte's Gull in London at Creekmouth, and a report of Black-throated Thrush in Wrexham.
Bee-eaters were noted in Anglesey, Cornwall (2), Kent, Norfolk (2) and Pembrokeshire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Red-winged Blackbird on the Orkney Isles, Pallid Harrier in Lancashire, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Highland, Thrush Nightingale on the Shetland Isles, Little Bittern on the Isles of Scilly, Red-rumped Swallow on the Orkney Isles, Red-footed Falcons in Cambridgeshire and South Yorkshire, and territorial Savi's Warblers in Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (London), Short-toed Lark (Northumberland), Woodchat Shrike (Devon), Kentish Plover (Cornwall), Night Heron (Shropshire), Ortolan Bunting and Wryneck (Shetland Isles), two Grey-headed Wagtails, three each of both Purple Heron and Glossy Ibis, six Bluethroats, seven Shorelarks, nine Temminck's Stints, 12 Cattle Egrets and a total of 46 migrant Dotterel. |
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