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| Thursday 16th September 2021 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Paddyfield Warbler off the Isle of Man
on Calf of Man. Rarities elswwhere included White-tailed Lapwing and Black-browed Albatross both still in East Yorkshire, Squacco Heron still in Flintshire,
Black Duck in County Mayo, Balearic Woodchat Shrike on the Isles of Scilly,
Bonaparte's Gull in County Down, both Blyth's Reed Warbler and King Eider on Shetland Isles, a flyover
Black Stork in Essex, and a brief Red-rumped Swallow in Kent. Nearctic waders today comprised Baird's Sandpipers in County Cork, the Isles of Scilly, and the Western Isles, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Mayo and Suffolk, American Golden Plover on the Orkney Isles, four Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and 28 Pectoral Sandpipers. Other scarcities included Short-toed Lark (West Sussex), Bluethroat (East Yorkshire), Ortolan Bunting (Dorset), Melodious Warbler (Isles of Scilly), Purple Heron (Oxfordshire), White-winged Black Tern (County Dublin), Great Shearwater (Northumberland), Surf Scoter (Angus), Hoopoe (Glamorgan), Red-backed Shrike (Cornwall), Sabine's Gull (Western Isles), Dotterel (Carmarthenshire), Woodchat Shrike, Red-breasted Flycatcher, and two Yellow-browed Warblers (Shetland), three Lapland Buntings, four each of Long-tailed Skua and Glossy Ibis, six Rose-coloured Starlings, nine Barred Warbler and Common Rosefinches, and a total of 19 Wrynecks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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