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| Thursday 28th September 2017 | ||
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| Today's most significant news related to a Sykes's Warbler
at Skirza (Highland), the first record of mainland Scotland; having first been
seen briefly on Tuesday, the bird finally gave itself up this afternoon,
although it remained elusive. Elsewhere in Scotland a Paddyfield Warbler
arrived at St Abb's Head (Borders) and the Lesser Yellowlegs
lingered in Angus. In Co Durham the Scops Owl was relocated roosting at Ryhope, whilst rarity sightings elsewhere comprised Red-throated Pipit (Suffolk), Bee-eaters (Isles of Scilly), Long-billed Dowitchers (Kent and Lincolnshire), Olive-backed Pipit (Fife), two Arctic Warblers (East Yorkshire), Stilt Sandpiper (Dorset), Spotted Sandpipers (Dorset and Cornwall), Eastern Stonechat (Cornwall) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (Co Cork). The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit (Suffolk), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Melodious Warbler (Pembrokeshire), Icterine Warbler (Co Wexford), two each of Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Crake, Dotterel and Common Rosefinch, three Great Grey Shrikes, four each of Little Bunting and American Golden Plovers, five Wrynecks and seven Barred Warblers and eight Red-breasted Flycatchers. |
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| Wednesday 27th September 2017 | ||
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| A Scops Owl was discovered at Ryhope (Co Durham) early
morning, where it showed well throughout the day, whilst in Cornwall a
Solitary Sandpiper was reported at Walmsley Sanctuary, Wadebridge.
Elsewhere new discoveries included Pechora and
Red-throated Pipits (Shetland), Red-throated Pipit and
Radde's Warbler (Suffolk), Olive-backed Pipits
(Shetland, Norfolk and Fife), Arctic and Dusky Warblers
(East Yorkshire) and Long-billed Dowitcher (Co Mayo). Two
Bee-eaters (Isles of Scilly), Long-billed Dowitcher
(Kent), Arctic Warbler (Fife), Stilt
and Spotted Sandpipers (Dorset) and White-rumped
Sandpiper (Co Kerry) all lingered, whilst a possible orphean
warbler species was recorded at Hartlepool Headland (Cleveland). The best of the rest included Short-toed Lark (Shetland), Common Rosefinch (Aberdeenshire), Wryneck (Norfolk), Purple Heron (Cornwall), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Marsh Warbler (Fair Isle) Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), two each of Spotted Crake, Great Grey Shrike and American Golden Plover, three each of Bluethroat and Buff-breasted Sandpipers, four Barred Warblers, six Red-backed Shrikes, seven Red-breasted Flycatcher and 10 Little Buntings. |
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| Tuesday 26th September 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the arrival of an Eastern Stonechat species and a
Blyth's Reed Warbler on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles, with an Arctic Warbler
in County Durham at Whitburn and now two Lesser Yellowlegs on The Mullet, County Mayo. Rarities elsewhere included
Stilt Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and
Greenish Warbler all still in Dorset, Arctic Warbler in Fife, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall,
White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon and
Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. On the Shetland Isles on Olive-backed Pipit was on Fair Isle with around the archipelago Bluethroat, Icterine Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Richard's Pipit, two Barred Warblers, five Red-breasted Flycatchers, six Lapland Buntings and nine Little Buntings. On the Isles of Scilly the three Bee-eaters remained alongside American Golden Plover, Dotterel, Lapland Bunting and two Wrynecks. Scarcities elsewhere included Little and Ortolan Bunting (Orkney Isles), American Golden Plover (Western Isles), Purple Heron and Dotterel (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (East Yorkshire), Hoopoe (North Yorkshire), White-winged Black Tern and Long-tailed Skua (Northumberland), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), two each of Barred Warbler, Bluethroat and Red-necked Phalarope, three of Red-backed Shrike, Richard's Pipit, Wryneck, American Wigeon, Spotted Crake and Sabine's Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, five Red-breasted Flycatchers, eight Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 16 Lapland Buntings. |
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| Monday 25th September 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Arctic Warbler in Fife on the Isle of May. Rarties elsewhere included
Red-eyed Vireo and Spotted Sandpiper still in Cornwall, Hudsonian Whimbrel
in County Sligo, Stilt Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Greenish Warbler and
Lesser Yellowlegs all in Dorset, Radde's Warbler in East Yorkshire,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry,
King Eider in Ceredigion and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. On the Isles of Scilly Red-eyed Vireo and three Bee-eaters both remained alongside American Golden Plover, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler and two Wrynecks. On the Shetland Isles a Blyth's Reed Warbler was identified on Fair Isle where Marsh Warbler and Bluethroat, Great Grey Shrike and Wryneck were also present, with around the archipelago Corncrake, American Wigeon, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, three each of Little Bunting, Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinch, and a total of 10 Lapland Buntings. Scarcities elsewhere comprised Melodious Warbler (County Cork), White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Little Bunting (County Durham), Richard's Pipit (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (County Kerry), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Woodchat Shrike and Bluethroat (Orkney Isles), two each of both Purple Heron and Spotted Crake, three of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck, four of Common Rosefinch and Red-necked Phalarope, five of Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Barred Warbler, six Pectoral Sandpipers and eight Lapland Buntings. |
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| Sunday 24th September 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of single Red-eyed Vireos in both Cornwall at Porthgwarra and on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, the latter present alongside two
Bee-eaters. Meanwhile, from the east came the first Radde's Warbler of the autumn in East Yorkshire at Spurn, an
Olive-backed Pipit on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles, and Greenish Warblers
in both Dorset at Portland Bill and Pembrokeshire at Martin's Haven, the latter close to a
Western Bonelli's Warbler found on Skokholm. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler in Norfolk, Semipalmated Plover, Snowy Owl and Lesser Yellowlegs all in County Mayo, Hudsonian Whimbrel in County Sligo, Western Bonelli's Warbler in Borders, Spotted Sandpipers in both Cornwall and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent and Lincolnshire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in Dorset and White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry. In Hampshire the regular Ferruginous Duck returned to Blashford Lakes. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Northumberland), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Marsh Warbler (East Yorkshire), Bluethroat (Shetland Isles), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), two each of Melodious Warbler, Little Bunting, Red-breasted Flycatcher, American Golden Plover, Rose-coloured Starling, Common Rosefinch, Spotted Crake and Long-tailed Skua, three of Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler, American Wigeon and Sabine's Gull, five of Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck, and six each of Red-necked Phalarope and Lapland Bunting. |
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| Saturday 23rd September 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Lesser Yellowlegs at Stanpit Marsh,
Dorset and a Fea's/Desertas/Zino's Petrel past Toe Head, County Cork. Lingering rare waders included the Semipalmated Plover in County Mayo, single Spotted Sandpipers in Dorset and Cornwall, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent and Lincolnshire and White-rumped Sandpiper in County Kerry. Other lingerers were the Western Bonelli's Warbler in Borders, King Eider in Ceredigion and single Bonaparte's Gulls in Western Isles and Devon. Scarcity highlights included a Rose-coloured Starling, a Hoopoe, a Common Rosefinch, two Marsh Warblers, five Barred Warblers, three Red-backed Shrikes, four Lapland Buntings, seven Wrynecks, a Corncrake, two Spotted Crakes, two Purple Herons, two Honey Buzzards, a Great Shearwater, three Long-tailed Skuas, four Pomarine Skuas, eight Sabine's Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, two American Golden Plovers, five Buff-breasted Sandpipers, five Pectoral Sandpipers, seven Red-necked Phalaropes and 17 Grey Phalaropes. |
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| Friday 22nd September 2017 | ||
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| New discoveries included a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler on
Fair Isle (Shetland) and a Pallid Harrier over Apsley
(Hertfordshire), whilst the Yellow-breasted Bunting (Shetland),
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Norfolk), Bonaparte's
Gull (Western Isles), Long-billed Dowitchers (Co Kerry
and Lincolnshire), Black Duck (Highland), Spotted
Sandpipers (Dorset and Cornwall), Baird's Sandpiper
(Dorset), White-rumped Sandpiper (Co Kerry), King Eider
(Ceredigion), Western Bonelli's Warbler (Borders) and
Lesser Yellowlegs (Angus) all lingered. The best of the rest included Serin (Norfolk), Marsh Warbler, Bluethroat and Little Bunting (Shetland), two each of Purple Heron and American Golden Plover, four each of Pectoral Sandpiper and Spotted Crake and five each of Common Rosefinch, Barred Warbler and Buff-breasted Sandpipers. |
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| Thursday 21st September 2017 | ||
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| On the Shetland Isles the Yellow-breasted Bunting lingered
on Out Skerries for its second day, but the Siberian Thrush could not be located
on Unst. In Dorset a Stilt Sandpiper at Lytchett Bay was presumably the same bird that had been present at Lodmoor RSPB until 15th September. Elsewhere a Bonaparte's Gull (Western Isles) and Greenish Warbler (Co Durham) were discovered, whilst a Western Bonelli's Warbler (Borders), Spotted Sandpipers in Cornwall and Dorset, Baird's Sandpiper in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent and Lincolnshire, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler in Norfolk and Semipalmated Sandpiper in Isles of Scilly all lingered. The best of the rest included Common Rosefinch, Little Bunting and Bluethroat on Shetland, Spotted Crake in London, Purple Herons in Cornwall and Lancashire, Barred Warblers in Fife and Cleveland, Red-breasted Flycatcher in East Yorkshire, Wryneck in Gwynedd, Rose-coloured Starling in Cumbria, Lesser Snow Goose in Aberdeenshire and two Dotterels in Cornwall. |
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| Wednesday 20th September 2017 | ||
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| Shetland produced two great birds today; a Siberian Thrush
on Unst and a Yellow-breasted Bunting on Out Skerries. Siberian
Thrush has occurred annually on Shetland for the last four years (but has so far
been untwitchable from Mainland UK) but today's bird is the first
Yellow-breasted Bunting to be found on the archipelago since 2011. Elsewhere lingering rarities comprised the elusive Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler in Norfolk, Semipalmated Sandpiper on Isles of Scilly, Spotted and Baird's Sandpipers in Dorset, Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent and Lincolnshire, Snowy Owl in Co Mayo, Forster's Tern in Co Louth and Western Bonelli's Warbler in Borders. New discoveries included a Greenish Warbler in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Co Mayo and Carmarthenshire and a report of two Red-rumped Swallows in Devon. The best of the rest included Red-breasted Flycatcher (East Yorkshire), Purple Heron (Cornwall), Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria), Marsh Warbler (Shetland), Golden Oriole (Shetland), two each of Hoopoe and Spotted Crakes, three each of American Golden Plover and Red-backed Shrikes, four Barred Warblers, six Common Rosefinches and at least nine Buff-breasted Sandpipers. |
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| Tuesday 19th September 2017 | ||
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| Newly discovered rarities today comprised a Western Bonelli's Warbler in Borders at St Abb's Head and a
Blyth's Reed Warbler in Kent at Sandwich Bay. Rarities elsewhere were the elusive Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler still in Norfolk, Least, Baird's and Spotted Sandpipers all still in Dorset, Snowy Owl in County Mayo, Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and King Eider in Ceredigion. Scarcities included Little Bunting (Fife), Woodchat Shrike (Gloucestershire), Rose-coloured Starling (Cumbria), Marsh Warbler (Shetland Isles), American Golden Plover (Isles of Scilly), American Wigeon (Leicestershire), Glossy Ibis (Somerset), Ring-billed Gull (County Louth), Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Ortolan Bunting and Purple Heron (all in Cornwall), two each of Bluethroat, Red-necked Phalarope, Hoopoe and Spotted Crake, three of Wryneck and Pectoral Sandpiper, four of Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike and Sabine's Gull, five Common Rosefinches and 15 Lapland Buntings. |
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