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Tuesday 12th October 2021 | ||
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The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Northern Harrier on the Shetland Isles on Foula were the Blyth's Reed Warbler remained. Elsewhere on
Shetland American Buff-bellied Pipit and Surf Scoter remained on Fair Isle, at least two
Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls were on Unst, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and Blyth's Reed Warbler
were together on Bressay, and on Mainland Woodchat Shrike, King
Eider, Little Bunting, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred
Warbler, and two Bluethroats were logged. On the Isles of Scilly the Rustic Bunting
and Serin both remained on St Mary's, Little Bunting, Red-breasted
Flycatcher, and Yellow-browed Warbler on St Martin's, Lapland
Bunting, and Yellow-browed Warbler on Tresco. In Ireland Semipalmated Plover, Red-breasted Flycatcher, and Common Rosefinch were all in County Cork, Pacific Golden Plover and Surf Scoter in County Kerry, Long-billed Dowitcher and Sabine's Gull in County Londonderry, Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wicklow, Red-backed Shrike in County Waterford, two each of both Hoopoe and Ring-necked Duck, and three American Golden Plovers. New rarites discovered elsewhere comprised a Western Bonelli's Warbler in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea, a Rustic Bunting briefly in Kent at Sandwich Bay, a White-billed Diver in Norfolk at Winterton, a Cackling Goose in Argyll on Islay, and in Northumberland the Pacific Golden Plover reappeared on Holy Island. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Long-toed Stint in West Yorkshire, White-tailed Lapwing in East Yorkshire, Western Sandpiper in Hampshire, Red-eyed Vireo in Northumberland, American Buff-bellied Pipits in both Glamorgan and the Western Isles, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs together in Aberdeenshire, Desert Wheatear in Kent, and Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall. |
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- Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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