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| Tuesday 3rd October 2017 | ||
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| A red-letter day for Nearctic landbirds was headlined by the arrival of a Cedar Waxwing on the Isles of Scilly on St Agnes. Nearby the
Cliff Swallow transferred from Tresco to St Mary's where the Isabelline Wheatear remained with elsewhere around the islands
Pectoral Sandpiper, Lapland Bunting, two Wrynecks and three
Bee-eaters. Meanwhile in Ireland a Red-eyed Vireo discovered at Mizen Head, County Cork was surpassed by a Scarlet Tanager found at the same place late in the afternoon. On the Shetland Isles more Parrot Crossbills arrived with 19 individuals present in four flocks including eight on Mainland at Sand. The Red-throated Pipit lingered on Unst as did the two Isabelline Shrike species on Foula with around archipelago totals of American Golden Plover, Bluethroat, Great Grey Shrike, Lapland Bunting, two Olive-backed Pipits, four Red-breasted Flycatchers and six Little Buntings. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Scops Owl showing again in County Durham at Ryhope with a brief Arctic Warbler at nearby Whitburn, a Wilson's Phalarope joined the Long-billed Dowitcher in Kent at Oare, the Roller remained in Highland as did both Stilt Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 2nd October 2017 | ||
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| The Isles of Scilly saw the highlight of the day with a Cliff Swallow discovered on Tresco in the afternoon. On St Mary's the Isabelline Wheatear
remained with around the islands totals of three Bee-eaters, two Wrynecks,
American Golden Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper and Lapland
Bunting. On the Shetland Isles five Parrot Crossbills arrived on Unst and a Greenish Warbler was found on Fetlar, with around the archipelago Red-throated Pipit, Rustic Bunting, Olive-backed Pipit, Short-toed Lark, Common Rosefinch, Great Grey Shrike, Lapland Bunting, two each of both Bluethroat and Barred Warbler, six Red-breasted Flycatchers and 10 Little Buntings all noted. In Kent a Citrine Wagtail was new at Swalecliffe whilst lingering rarities confirmed as still present elsewhere comprised Stilt Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpiper both in Dorset, Pallid Harrier in Cheshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork, and Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent, Lincolnshire and County Wexford. Scarcities included White-winged Black Tern and the confiding Long-tailed Skua in Northumberland, American Golden Plover, Purple Heron and three Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Cornwall, Rose-coloured Starling, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Red-backed Shrike in East Yorkshire, Hoopoe in Pembrokeshire, Red-breasted Flycatcher in Essex, Purple Heron in Lancashire and Spotted Crake in London. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 1st October 2017 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
on the Shetland Isles at Burn of Collafirth, Mainland where it later showed well. Elsewhere around the archipelago a
Greenish Warbler was on Mainland at Esha Ness, at least two Isabelline Shrike sp and a
Booted Warbler remained on Foula, the Red-throated Pipit lingered on Unst,
Marsh Warbler on Fair Isle, Short-toed Lark, Common
Rosefinch, Red-backed Shrike and Great Grey Shrike all on Mainland, and totals of two
Bluethroat, four each of both Rustic Bunting and Red-breasted
Flycatcher, six Lapland and seven Little Buntings. On the Isles of Scilly the Isabelline Wheatear was relocated on St Mary's where American Golden Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper remain, whilst on St Agnes Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-eyed Vireo and Wryneck lingered and on Tresco three Bee-eaters and a Wryneck were seen. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Roller still in Highland, Stilt Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, Pallid Harrier in Cheshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Devon, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Cork, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Kent, Lincolnshire and County Wexford, and in Kent an Alpine Swift flew over Kingsdown. The best of the rest included American Golden Plover and three Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Cornwall, Spotted Crake in London, single Red-breasted Flycatchers in both East Yorkshire and Essex, and the confiding Long-tailed Skua still in Northumberland. |
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| Saturday 30th September 2017 | ||
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| The first British Upland Sandpiper since 2011 was discovered on
Fetlar, Shetland, at Houbie. Other new discoveries on the archipelago included a
second Isabelline Shrike on Foula, Eastern Black Redstart at
Walls, Mainland, single Rustic Buntings at Melby, Cunningsburgh and
Walls, all Mainland, single Olive-backed Pipits at Bousta, Quendale and
Walls, all Mainland and two on Fair Isle, and a Red-throated Pipit at Skaw,
Unst.
Other new discoveries included a Red-eyed Vireo on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, single Olive-backed Pipits at Spurn, Yorkshire and on Sanday, Orkney and a Red-throated Pipit on Fair Isle, Shetland. Lingering rarities included the Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the Isles of Scilly, Scops Owl in County Durham, Roller in Highland, Booted Warbler in Glamorgan, Red-throated Pipit and Radde's Warbler in Suffolk, Semipalmated Plover in County Mayo, Stilt Sandpiper in Dorset, single Spotted Sandpipers in Cornwall and Dorset, single Long-billed Dowitchers in Lincolnshire and Kent, Pallid Harrier in Cheshire and Red-breasted Goose in Orkney. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 29th September 2017 | ||
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| A Rose-breasted Grosbeak was found on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, with
an Isabelline Wheatear nearby on St Mary's.
Other new discoveries included a Roller at Balnakeil, Highland, an Isabelline Shrike and a Rustic Bunting on Foula, Shetland, a Booted Warbler at Rhossili, Glamorgan, a Rustic Bunting on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, single Radde's Warblers at Bawdsey, Suffolk and Sandwick, Shetland, a Fea's /Desertas /Zino's Petrel at Carnsore Point, County Wexford, a White-rumped Sandpiper at Carrahane, County Kerry and a Red-breasted Goose at Kirkwall, Orkney. Lingering rarities included the Stilt Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, Semipalmated Plover in County Mayo, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in Angus, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire and single Red-throated Pipits in Suffolk and Shetland. |
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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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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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