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| Tuesday 6th October 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Short-toed Eagle in Dorset at Hengistbury Head
although it was picked up there and taken into care. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Warbler
reappeared on the Shetland Isles on Yell with another Tennessee Warbler
discovered in County Galway on Inishbofin constituting the first Irish record. Rarities from the east comprised the Eyebrowed Thrush still on the Orkney Isles, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler still on the Shetland, Steppe Grey Shrike in Suffolk, Red-flanked Bluetail on Shetland, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in County Galway (2), Gwynedd and Hampshire, Citrine Wagtail in Aberdeenshire, Red-throated Pipits on Orkney (2), Shetland (2) and in Suffolk, Radde's Warblers in Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Fife, Highland, Norfolk, and Suffolk (2), Arctic Warblers in Fife, Northumberland and Shetland, Blyth's Reed Warblers on Norfolk and Shetland, Rustic Buntings in Aberdeenshire, Orkney (3) and Shetland, Eastern Stonechats in East Yorkshire, Norfolk, and Shetland, and a total of four Olive-backed Pipits were located on Shetland. From elsewhere a Little Bittern was glimpsed on the Isles of Scilly, a Snowy Owl and two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls on Shetland, Kentish Plover still in West Sussex, King Eider in Moray, Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, County Londonderry, and County Wexford, and Lesser Yellowlegs in County Galway, North Yorkshire, and Somerset. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Monday 5th October 2020 | ||
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| Another incredible day for rare eastern passerines with the Siberian Thrush
still in Fife, Eyebrowed Thrush still on the Orkney Isles, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler and
Citrine Wagtail on the Shetland Isles, Steppe Grey Shrike in Suffolk,
Eastern Yellow Wagtails in County Galway, Gwynedd and Shetland, Lesser Grey Shrike and
Red-flanked Bluetail together in Northumberland, two Eastern Stonechats in Norfolk,
Rustic Buntings in Aberdeenshire (2), Orkney (2) and Shetland, Red-throated Pipits on Orkney, Shetland, and in Suffolk,
Olive-backed Pipits in Aberdeenshire and Shetland (3), Radde's Warblers
in Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, and Suffolk (2), Dusky Warblers in Essex and Shetland (2),
Arctic Warblers in Norfolk, Northumberland, and Shetland, and Blyth's Reed Warblers
on both Orkney and Shetland. Other highlightd today were the first Pallid Swift of the autumn in Kent at North Foreland, Pallid Harriers new in both Norfolk and Suffolk, Blue-winged Teal in County Mayo, two Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls on Shetland, Kentish Plover still in West Sussex, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset, King Eider in Moray, and Lesser Yellowlegs in both North Yorkshire and Somerset. |
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| Friday 2nd October 2020 | ||
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| The third Eyebrowed Thrush for North Ronaldsay and Orkney was discovered this morning, and lingered until late afternoon at least. Great Snipes were flushed at Sandilands, Lincolnshire and Spurn Point, Yorkshire.
New discoveries in Shetland today included a Lanceolated Warbler at Sumburgh Head, a Booted Warbler on Fair Isle, Olive-backed Pipits at Spiggie and West Burrafirth, a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Ellister, a Radde's Warbler at Rerwick and a White-billed Diver at Hestingott, with Tennessee Warbler, White's Thrush, two Pallas's Grasshopper Warblers, another Radde's Warbler and Rusting Bunting all lingering in the archipelago. Elsewhere, other new arrivals included another Blyth's Reed Warbler at St Margaret's Hope, Orkney, a Kentish Plover at Ferrybridge, Dorset and a Red-throated Pipit heard at Land's End, Cornwall. Other lingering rarities included the Siberian Thrush in Fife, White's Thrush in Orkney, Two-barred Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Upland Sandpiper in County Galway, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset and Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Dorset and four Blue-winged Teals in Western Isles. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 30th September 2020 | ||
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The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Siberian Thrush in Fife at Kilminning. Elsewhere discoveries included an Upland Sandpiper in County Galway on Inishbofin, Booted Warbler on the Western Isles on North Uist, and a Red-flanked Bluetail in East Yorkshire at Easington. On the Shetland Isles the Tennessee Warbler remained on Yell, Shetland albeit only seen briefly, Hornemmann's Arctic Redpoll on Unst, Rustic Bunting on Fair Isle, Olive-backed Pipit on Mainland, and two Citrine Wagtails. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Two-barred Greenish Warbler in Northumberland, Swainson's Thrush on the Orkney Isles, Wilson's Phalarope in Lancashire, Long-billed Dowitchers in both Cumbria and Dorset, Black Duck in Highland, King Eider in Moray, and in County Wexford Arctic Warbler, Red-throated Pipit and Long-billed Dowitcher. |
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| Monday 28th September 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was a Black-browed Albatross in Suffolk; first suspected passing south at Lowestoft it was later tracked along the coast to Thorpeness. Meanwhile, the wandering
Lammergeier relocated to Norfolk where it spent two hours between Foxley and Beetley. New rarities elsewhere comprised in East Yorkshire a Red-flanked Bluetail at Spurn and an Arctic Warbler at Flamborough, in Norfolk a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Holme and a Greenish Warbler at Winterton, on the Isles of Scilly a Red-throated Pipit on St Mary's, and on the Shetland Isles a Red-throated Pipit on Mainland at Quendale, a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Whalsay, an Olive-backed Pipit on Fair Isle, and a Blyth's Reed Warbler on Unst. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Pallid Harrier and Kentish Plover in West Sussex, Eastern Stonechat in Cleveland, Red-throated Pipit in East Yorkshire, Olive-backed Pipit on Shetland at Asta, two Semipalmated Sandpipers in Cornwall, Blue-winged Teal and Lesser Yellowlegs on the Western Isles, Long-billed Dowitchers in both County Londonderry and County Wicklow, and in County Wexford both Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs together and - more significantly - the Greenish Warbler at Churchtown was reidentified as an Arctic Warbler. Scarcities included Bluethroat (Shetland), Rose-coloured Starling (Dorset), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Spotted Crake (Somerset), Great Shearwater (East Yorkshire), three each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Common Rosefinch, Glossy Ibis and Long-tailed Skua, four Sabine's Gulls, five of Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck, six Little Buntings, eight Red-breasted Flycatchers, 10 Barred Warblers, and a total of 12 Pectoral Sandpipers. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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