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| Monday 19th March 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an American Herring Gull in County Clare at Kilkee whilst nearby the King Eider
remained at Flaggy Shore. Rarities elsewhere comprised the Horned Lark still in Surrey,
Black Kite on the Orkney Isles and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included five Bluethroats - four together in Kent at Dungeness and one in Suffolk at Landguard - Common Rosefinch (Devon), Hoopoe (Cornwall), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Ring-necked Duck (Somerset), American Wigeon (Ayrshire), Ring-billed Gull (County Wicklow), three each of Little Bunting, Glossy Ibis and Grey Phalarope, six Surf Scoters, at least 13 Cattle Egrets and a total of 15 Waxwings. Spring migrant reports included Willow Warbler (Norfolk), two Ospreys, three Garganey and three Ring Ouzels. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 18th March 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of three Bluethroats with two together at Dungeness in Kent and one in Suffolk at Trimley Marshes. In Cornwall the first two Hoopoes of the spring were located at Sparnon and Tywardreath whilst other
spring migrants today included two each of Garganey and Swallow and a total of 11 White
Wagtails. Rarities today comprised the Snowy Owl still on the Isles of Scilly, Horned Lark still in Surrey and King Eider still in County Cork. Scarcities elsewhere comprised Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Glossy Ibis (Suffolk), Lapland Bunting (Northumberland), two each of Little Bunting, American Wigeon, Great Grey Shrike and Grey Phalarope, three Surf Scoters (together in Cornwall), four Ring-billed Gulls, five Ring-necked Ducks, and a total of 13 Waxwings. |
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| Saturday 17th March 2018 | ||
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| Lingering rarities still present today included the Snowy Owl on Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Pied-billed Grebe at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland, Pacific Diver at Crookhaven, County Cork and Black Kite at Tankerness, Orkney. A moribund Alpine Swift was found near Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Scarcity highlights included a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, two Lapland Buntings, two Waxwings, two Great Grey Shrikes, a Pomarine Skua, two Tundra Bean Geese, three Green-winged Teals, three American Wigeon, five Ring-necked Ducks, four Glossy Ibises, two Ring-billed Gulls, three Kumlien's Gulls, 20 Glaucous Gulls and 46 Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 13th March 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Black Kite on the Orkney Isles at Bay of Suckquoy, Mainland although it later transpired that the same bird had been present elsewhere on Orkney Mainland on 27th November 2017 and 10th-17th February 2018. Other rarities comprised the Horned Lark still in Surrey, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall and single Ferruginous Ducks in both Hampshire and Powys, whilst a Snowy Owl was reported at Nether Poppleton, North Yorkshire. Scarcities included Rough-legged Buzzard (Cambridgeshire), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), Waxwing (Suffolk), American Wigeon (Highland), Snow Goose (Western Isles), two each of both Little Bunting and Glossy Ibis, three of Ring-billed Gull and Lapland Bunting, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Surf Scoters and nine Shorelarks (together in Norfolk). Incoming summer migrants included around Britai totals of 97 Sand Martins, 40 Wheatears, four of both Osprey and Swallow, three Little Ringed Plovers and two of both Garganey and White Wagtail. |
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| Monday 12th March 2018 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised both Pacific Diver and King Eider still in County Cork,
Penduline Tit in Gloucestershire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, and
Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire, Powys and Lothian; the latter bird new-in at Holyrood Park. Scarcities included Serin (Essex), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Highland), two Little Buntings, three each of both Surf Scoter and Glossy Ibis, six Ring-billed Gulls and nine Shorelarks (together in Norfolk). Incoming summer migrants included Garganey (Hampshire), Osprey (Leicestershire), Swallow (Warwickshire), Arctic Skua (Kent), Manx Shearwater (Dorset), three each of both Little Ringed Plover and White Wagtail, 48 Wheatears and a total of 89 Sand Martins. |
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| Sunday 11th March 2018 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continuing Snowy Owl in Norfolk that was relocated at Snettisham late in the morning and then showed well there until the evening. Rarities elsewhere comprised the wintering Snowy Owl still on the Isles of Scilly, Horned Lark in Surrey, King Eider in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Ferruginous Duck in Powys and single Coues's Arctic Redpolls in both Kent and Suffolk. Scarcities included Bluethroat (West Sussex), Serin (Essex), Yellow-browed Warbler (South Yorkshire), two each of both Little Bunting and Ring-billed Gull, three of both Great Grey Shrike and Lapland Bunting, four American Wigeons, five of both Ring-necked Duck and Glossy Ibis, nine Shorelarks (together in Norfolk), and in England four Parrot Crossbills. Incoming summer migrants included 23 Sand Martins, 15 Wheatears, seven Little Ringed Plovers, three Garganey, two Ospreys, Cuckoo (Kent) and a Swallow (Warwickshire). |
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| Saturday 10th March 2018 | ||
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In Norfolk, the Snowy Owl was relocated at Thornham Point, where it spent most of the day on the beach before flying off at dusk. New discoveries today included a King Eider at Dunmanus Bay, County Cork and a Ferruguinous Duck at Llan Bwch-llyn Lake, Powys. Lingering rarities included the Horned Lark in Surrey, single Coues's Arctic Redpolls in Kent and Suffolk, Pacific Diver in Cornwall and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford. Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Yellow-browed Warbler, two Little Buntings, two Great Grey Shrikes, two Waxwings, nine Shorelarks, two Glossy Ibises, a Surf Scoter, two Green-winged Teals, four Ring-necked Ducks, a Snow Goose, two Kumlien's Gulls and five Ring-billed Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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