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Wednesday 22nd September 2021 | ||
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Discoveries today were headlined by an American Buff-bellied Pipit on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, and a
Fea's or Desertas Petrel passing Annagh Head, County Mayo. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present today included the White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, Squacco Heron in Flintshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent, Balearic Woodchat Shrike on the Isles of Scilly, and two King Eiders on the Shetland Isles. Nearctic waders comprised a Semipalmated Sandpiper new in Argyll on Coll, Wilson's Phalarope in Cheshire, both Baird's Sandpiper and Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the Isles of Scilly, Baird's Sandpiper in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher still in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in Suffolk, and a total of 27 Pectoral Sandpipers. Other scarcities included Woodchat Shrike and Yellow-browed Warbler (Shetland), Hoopoe (Glamorgan), Spotted Crake (Cheshire), Red-backed Shrike (Suffolk), Dotterel (Devon), Ring-billed Gull (County Galway), two Barred Warblers, three Long-tailed Skuas, four each of Common Rosefinch, Wryneck, and Sabine's Gull, six of Rose-coloured Starling and Lapland Bunting, eight Glossy Ibises, and 50 Great Shearwaters. |
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- Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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