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| Monday 4th November 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the identification of a Brown Shrike on the Western Isles on Barra where it had first been seen yesterday. In County Cork was a Hume's Warbler
was new on Cape Clear as was a Lesser Scaup at Helston, Cornwall. Rarities elsewhere were both the Paddyfield Pipit and American Buff-bellied Pipit still together in Cornwall, Radde's Warbler still in East Yorkshire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Devon and Northumberland, Lesser Scaup in Somerset, Kentish Plover in Cleveland and four White-rumped Sandpipers in County Londonderry. Scarcities included Pallas's Warbler (Fife and Shetland Isles), Bluethroat and Red-breasted Flycatcher (both East Yorkshire), Barred Warbler (Lincolnshire), Purple Heron (Suffolk), Richard's Pipit (Dorset and London), American Golden Plover (County Mayo and Western Isles) and Ring-necked Duck (County Clare, Dorset and Essex). Significant late news concerned a female Pied Wheatear present yesterday in Worcestershire at Clifton. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 3rd November 2019 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were a Radde's Warbler in East Yorkshire at Flamborough Head, Snowy Owl in Aberdeenshire near Alford and a Baird's Sandpiper
in County Kerry at Ballinskelligs. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were both the Paddyfield Pipit and American Buff-bellied Pipit still together in Cornwall at Sennen, Short-billed Dowitcher in County Louth, three Two-barred Crossbills together on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Kentish Plover in Cleveland, and White-rumped Sandpipers in Lancashire, County Londonderry (6) and the Western Isles (2). Scarcities included Ortolan Bunting (Devon), Bluethroat and Red-breasted Flycatcher (East Yorkshire), Serin (Kent), Wryneck (Dorset), American Wigeon (Northumberland), Ring-billed Gull (County Cork), Northern Long-tailed Tit (Norfolk), Pallas's Warbler (Dorset and East Yorkshire), American Golden Plover (Cambridgeshire and County Londonderry) and a total of five Richard's Pipits. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 2nd November 2019 | ||
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| A Blue-winged Teal was discovered at Milngavie, Clyde.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Paddyfield Pipit in Cornwall, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter and Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, another Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Short-billed Dowitcher in County Louth, Kentish Plover in Cleveland and a Lesser Yellowlegs and three White-rumped Sandpipers in Western Isles. Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Little Bunting, two Pallas's Warblers, two Red-breasted Flycatchers, two Shorelarks, three Great Grey Shrikes, eight Lapland Buntings, 27 Waxwings, an American Golden Plover, two Grey Phalaropes, two Leach's Petrels, two Long-tailed Skuas, five Pomarine Skuas, four Balearic Shearwaters, three Little Auks, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, two Green-winged Teals, a Black Brant, 26 Taiga Bean Geese, a Glossy Ibis, two Glaucous Gulls and four Iceland Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 1st November 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Paddyfield
Pipit at Sennen (Cornwall), with the same field also hosting a
lingering American Buff-bellied Pipit. New discoveries included a Kentish Plover in Cleveland and White-rumped Sandpiper in Cheshire, whilst the Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland and Red-throated Pipit in Isles of Scilly also lingered. The best of the scarcities included Hoopoe (South Yorkshire), Little Bunting (Isles of Scilly), Bluethroat, Serin and Green-winged Teal (East Yorkshire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Rough-legged Buzzard (Kent), Dotterel (Cornwall), Ring-necked Duck (Dorset), Lesser Snow Goose (Aberdeenshire), Todd's Canada Goose (Argyll), two Richard's Pipits and American Wigeons, three Great Grey Shrikes, four Pallas's Warblers, Red-breasted Flycatchers, Shorelarks and Lapland Buntings and eleven Waxwings. It is with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of John Brodie Good, aged 61, who died peacefully last Tuesday evening, 29th October, following a heart attack. Details of funeral arrangements will follow in due course. Our thoughts are with his partner, Sarah, daughter Kate, and all John's family at this time. |
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| - Dick Filby, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 31st October 2019 | ||
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| A revelation today came from Sennen, Cornwall where the presumed Richard's Pipit present since 23rd October has been proposed as a
Paddyfield Pipit based upon its distinctive calls. This would be first record of Paddyfield Pipit in the Western Palearctic as it is traditionally defined. Rarities seen elsewhere today were the Short-billed Dowitcher still in County Louth, White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Long-billed Dowitcher in Northumberland, Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in County Mayo and White-rumped Sandpipers in County Kerry, County Londonderry (2), County Mayo and the Western Isles (4). Scarcities included Pallas's Warblers in both Cornwall and Lincolnshire, Bluethroat in East Yorkshire, Red-breasted Flycatchers in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, Hoopoe in South Yorkshire, American Golden Plover in County Wexford and a flock of six Northern Long-tailed Tits in Suffolk. Negative news came from both the Orkney Isles there was no sign of the Steller's Eider on Westray, and from East Yorkshire where new photographs from Fraisthorpe confirmed that the kestrel present there since 23rd October is a Common Kestrel but is a different bird to the Lesser Kestrel that had been accidentally photographed there on 22nd October. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 28th October 2019 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of five Two-barred Crossbills together on the Western Isles on North Uist, with a
Rustic Bunting new in Cornwall at Nanjizal and Porthgwarra, four White-billed Divers passing Papa Westray, Orkney Isles, the
White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Short-billed Dowitcher still in County Louth,
single Long-billed Dowitchers in both Argyll and Northumberland, and White-rumped Sandpipers still in Lancashire, Leicestershire and
the Western Isles. On the Isles of Scilly the Blue Rock Thrush remained on St Mary's with a Serin there too, on Tresco Isabelline Wheatear and Rustic Bunting, and on St Agnes Little Bunting, Red-breasted Flycatcher and Richard's Pipit. On the Shetland Isles a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll was on Mainland at Lerwick with an Eastern Stonechat at Sandwick, whilst on Unst a Coues's Arctic Redpoll was identified. Notable scarcities included Rose-coloured Starlings in both Berkshire and Northumberland, Short-toed Lark in County Donegal, Ring-necked Ducks in Argyll and Dorset, Red-necked Phalarope in West Yorkshire and a Kumlien's Gull in Cheshire. The Hooded Merganser remained in Leicestershire at Rutland Water was shown to be a metal-ringed escape. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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