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| Friday 16th June 2017 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were a Spotted Sandpiper at Scaling Dam
Reservoir on the Cleveland/North Yorkshire border and a Bonaparte's Gull
at Barmouth, County Derry. Significant late news concerned a Slate-coloured
Junco at Stalham, Norfolk, briefly last Saturday.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Elegant Tern in West Sussex, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, four Black-winged Stilts in Cambridgeshire, Red-footed Falcon in Surrey, Little Bittern in Somerset, Savi's Warbler in Norfolk, Black Duck in Highland, King Eider in Aberdeenshire and Ferruginous Duck in County Durham. Scarcity highlights included an Icterine Warbler, a Marsh Warbler, two Woodchat Shrikes, two Red-backed Shrikes, a Honey Buzzard, an American Night Heron, three Glaucous Gulls and three Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 15th June 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black-headed Bunting on the Shetland Isles on Foula; the second to be found there in less than a week. Elsewhere, a singing
Greenish Warbler was found in Argyll on Colonsay, and in Kent a Bee-eater flew over Foreness Point. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Elegant Tern in West Sussex, Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cumbria, Little Bittern (Somerset), Iberian Chiffchaff (Cheshire), single Red-footed Falcons in both Somerset and Surrey, and family parties of Black-winged Stilts in both Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Scarcities included Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Serin (both Dorset), Purple Heron and Glossy Ibis (together in Somerset), Rose-coloured Starling (County Durham), territroial Icterine Warbler (Highland), Surf Scoter (Orkney Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Argyll), Night Heron (Shropshire) and a total of nine Cattle Egrets. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 14th June 2017 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today comprised a Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Shetland Isles, a
Blyth's Reed Warbler singing in Cumbria at Siddick Ponds, and a Wilson's Petrel in the Western Approaches. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Elegant Tern in West Sussex, territorial Iberian Chiffchaff in Cheshire, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Red-footed Falcon in Surrey, King Eider in Aberdeenshire, Ferruginous Duck in County Durham, and family parties of Black-winged Stilts in both Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling in County Durham, Purple Heron in South Yorkshire, Icterine Warblers in both Highland the Shetland Isles, Marsh Warblers in Cleveland and the Shetland Isles (2), and Cattle Egrets in Lancashire and Merseyside (2). |
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| Tuesday 13th June 2017 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Elegant Tern in West Sussex,
Pied-billed Grebe in Argyll, Squacco Heron in Kent, King Eider in Aberdeenshire,
Savi's Warbler in Suffolk, Red-footed Falcons in Cornwall, Somerset, Suffolk and Surrey, and family parties of
Black-winged Stilts in both Cambridgeshire and Norfok. Scarcities included Marsh Warbler (Cleveland), Red-necked Phalarope (Gloucestershire), Purple Heron (Cornwall), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Night Heron (Shropshire), two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Icterine Warbler, and six Cattle Egrets. The Baird's Sandpiper reported yesterday in Lincolnshire at Frampton Marsh remained overnight and proved to be a Dunlin. |
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| Monday 12th June 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Baird's Sandpiper identified at Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire in the evening. Elsewhere the first
Wilson's Petrel of the summer was seen off the Isles of Scilly, a Red-footed Falcon was new in Ceredigion at Llyn Berwyn, and a pair of
Black-winged Stilts with two young are in Cambridgeshire at Ouse Washes. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Elegant Tern in West Sussex, Squacco Heron in Kent, Iberian Chiffchaff in Cheshire, territorial Savi's Warbler and family party of seven Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk, Ferruginous Duck in County Durham, and single Red-footed Falcons in Cornwall, Suffolk and Surrey. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starling (Cleveland), Icterine Warbler (Shetland Isles), Ring-necked Duck (Argyll), two Cattle Egrets (together in Devon), and three each of both Marsh Warbler and migrant Red-necked Phalarope. |
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| Sunday 11th June 2017 | ||
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| The Elegant Tern remained at Church Norton, West Sussex on and off all
day, occasionally heading out to sea to feed but returning to the tern island a
few hours later.
New discoveries today included a Squacco Heron at Dungeness, Kent, a female Subalpine Warbler species at Virkie, Shetland and several groups of Bee-eaters were in Devon, with eight at Galmpton, three over Chudleigh and two at Holsworthy. Other lingering rarities included the Iberian Chiffchaff in Cheshire, single Red-footed Falcons in Cornwall, Somerset, Surrey and Suffolk, Little Bittern in Somerset, seven Black-winged Stilts in Norfolk, Spotted Sandpiper in Cumbria, Black Duck in Highland, Ferruginous Duck in County Durham and King Eider in Aberdeenshire. Scarcity highlights included a Red-backed Shrike, a Common Rosefinch, a Great Shearwater, a Ring-billed Gull, two Icterine Warblers, two Marsh Warblers, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Hoopoes, two Glaucous Gulls, two Iceland Gulls, two Pomarine Skuas, four Honey Buzzards and seven Red-necked Phalaropes. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 8th June 2017 | ||
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| The Elegant Tern could not be relocated today in Hampshire but rarities noted
as present were the Spotted Sandpiper still in Cumbria, a Red-footed Falcon in Suffolk and
in Norfolk the Black-winged Stilts that arrived at Potter Heigham
Marshes on 5th May now have four chicks. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern and Night Heron (both Norfolk), Ortolan Bunting and Common Rosefinch (together on the Orkney Isles), Woodchat Shrike (Highland), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Icterine Warbler (Shetland Isles), Hoopoe (Gloucestershire), two migrant Red-necked Phalaropes, three Red-backed Shrikes, four Cattle Egrets and a total of eight Marsh Warblers. Significant late news from Devon concerned a Black-headed Bunting on 4th June near Wembury and a Bee-eater on 6th June at Man Sands. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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