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| Wednesday 31st May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black Scoter identified in Aberdeenshire at Murcar; the third to be located with the gathering Common Scoters there since 2011. Discoveries elsewhere included an
Iberian Chiffchaff in Cheshire at Kelsall, Greenish Warblers in Essex at Colne Point and the Western Isles on Eriskay,
Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk at Minsmere, Red-rumped Swallow in Dorset at Portland and
single Black Kites in both Kent and Norfolk. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Western Subalpine Warbler on the Shetland Isles, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Little Bittern and Red-footed Falcon together in Somerset, Savi's Warbler and Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk, and Savi's Warbler in Norfolk where at Welney a pair of Black-winged Stilts saw at least two chicks hatch before they were predated. Scarcities included American Golden Plover (Pembrokeshire), Icterine Warbler (Shetland Isles), Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Golden Oriole (Dorset), Hoopoe (Gloucestershire), Ring-billed Gull (Ceredigion), Temminck's Stint (Lincolnshire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Night Heron (Shropshire), three migrant Red-necked Phalaropes, and seven Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 29th May 2017 | ||
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| The rarest bird of the day was a Great Snipe, which was flushed from a
path at Ynyslas, Ceredigion mid morning, and was seen again in a horse field
there mid afternoon. This would be the fourth individual for the county, the
last being one shot in 1947.
Other new discoveries included single Greenish Warblers at Blakeney, Norfolk and Calf of Man, Isle of Man, eight Bee-eaters over Birling Gap, East Sussex, a Red-footed Falcon on The Lizard, Cornwall and single Black Kites over Lydd, Kent and Westfield, East Sussex. Lingering rarities included the Little Bittern and Red-footed Falcon in Somerset, Red-rumped Swallow in Scilly, Greenish Warbler in County Wexford, single Savi's Warblers in Norfolk and Suffolk and Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 28th May 2017 | ||
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| Seven Red-footed Falcons were found today, with four at Spurn,
Yorkshire, one at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, one at Salthouse, Norfolk and
one at Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset. An Alpine Swift and a Red-rumped
Swallow also went through Spurn, with the Alpine Swift also being
seen at Gibraltar Point, along with a Black Stork. Other new discoveries
included a Greenish Warbler on Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, a
Savi's Warbler at Potter Heigham Marshes, Norfolk and a Black Kite
over Brading, Isle of Wight.
Lingering rarities still present included the Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Little Bittern in Somerset and two Savi's Warblers in Suffolk. Scarcity highlights included a Woodchat Shrike, a Red-backed Shrike, a Marsh Warbler, a Short-toed Lark, a Shorelark, two Golden Orioles, three Common Rosefinches, an American Golden Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red-necked Phalarope, three Temminck's Stints, a Ring-billed Gull, a Long-tailed Skua, a Pomarine Skua, two Night Herons and seven Honey Buzzards. |
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| Thursday 25th May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Crag Martin in Powys at Lake Vyrnwy albeit only briefly. Other brief encounters today included
Black Kite in both Aberdeeenshire and Cornwall (2), Red-footed Falcon in County Cork,
Alpine Swift reported in Derbyshire, two Red-rumped Swallows in East Yorkshire and a flock of eight Bee-eaters in County Durham. Rarities elsewhere comprised a Red-footed Falcon was new on the Isles of Scilly on St Mary's, a Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk at Hockwold Washes, Red-throated Pipit still on the Shetland Isles, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and territorial Savi's Warblers in both Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included Surf Scoter (Orkney Isles), Purple Heron (Norfolk), Night Heron (Shropshire), Marsh Warbler and Serin (Suffolk), Red-backed Shrike (Aberdeenshire), Great Grey Shrike (Devon), Hoopoe (Cheshire), Shorelark (Wirral), Ring-billed Gull (Ceredigion), two each of Rose-coloured Starling (together in Argyll), Golden Oriole (together in Norfolk), Pectoral Sandpiper (together in County Londonderry), and a total of seven Cattle Egrets. |
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| Wednesday 24th May 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a singing Blyth's Reed Warbler in Kent at Joss Bay. New rarities elsewhere comprised a Red-footed Falcon in Norfolk at Stoke Ferry, a
Lesser Scaup in Aberdeenshire at Loch of Skene, a Red-rumped Swallow on Tiree, Argyll, a
Black Kite briefly in Hampshire and an Alpine Swift reported in
Gloucestershire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, territorial
Little Bittern in Somerset and King Eider in Highland. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Surrey), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Isle of Man), Marsh Warbler (Suffolk), Red-necked Phalarope (Northumberland), Great Grey Shrike and Cattle Egret (Devon), and two each of Night Heron, Golden Oriole, Glossy Ibis and Shorelark. Significant late news concerned a Lesser Kestrel on Noss, Shetland Isles on 1st May and a Slate-coloured Junco in Gwynedd at Dlogellau on 12th May. |
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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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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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