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| Sunday 30th July 2023 | ||
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| The first Hudsonian Godwit for Shetland was discovered at Grutness today. Nearby, a Long-billed Dowitcher was on Loch of Swartmill, Orkney, a Caspian Tern flew past Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire and a Bonaparte's Gull was found at Scallastle Bay, Mull, Argyll.
However, seabirds were the main talking point of the day. The waters around the Isles of Scilly contained a staggering number of birds, with virtually uncountable numbers of Cory's Shearwaters in the area (estimates of 16,000 off Giant's Castle, 3,500 from the pelagic, 2,500 off Porthcressa and 2,500 from the Scillonian.III), flocks which also included at least three Scopoli's Shearwaters (at least two south of the islands and one off Innisidgen, St Mary's), at least 1,840 Great Shearwaters (including 1,500 from the pelagic), 21 Wilson's Petrels, two Pomarine Skuas and a Long-tailed Skua. Nearby, Cornwall recorded single Fea's or Desertas Petrels off both Porthgwarra and Pendeen, four Wilson's Petrels (two off Pendeen and one off both Porthgwarra and Penlee Point), over 7,700 Cory's S'waters, 160 Great Shearwaters, 44 Balearic Shearwaters and a Pomarine Skua. Ireland produced single Fea's or Desertas Petrels off Galley Head, County Cork and Grainne Cove, County Galway, Wilson's Petrels off Mutton Island, County Galway and Mizen Head, County Cork (six), nearly 8,500 Cory's Shearwaters, 278 Great Shearwaters, six Balearic Shearwaters, five Pomarine Skuas, two Long-tailed Skuas, two Grey Phalaropes and two Sabine's Gulls. Small numbers of seabirds were seen elsewhere, with Cory's Shearwaters also seen in Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire (five) and Devon, Great Shearwater in Pembrokeshire, Balearic Shearwaters in Devon (11), Dorset, Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd, Pomarine Skuas in Devon (three) and Pembrokeshire and a Grey Phalarope in Gwynedd. Away from the sea, lingering rarities seen today included the Forster's Tern in Dorset, Caspian Tern in County Wexford, Black-winged Pratincole in County Donegal, Black-winged Stilts in Lincolnshire (four) and Kent (five), Long-billed Dowitcher and three Bee-eaters in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull in Kent and King Eider in Lothian. Scarcity highlights included a Melodious Warbler, a Red-backed Shrike, an American Golden Plover, two Pectoral Sandpipers, a Night Heron, three Glossy Ibises, four Honey Buzzards, a Surf Scoter and two Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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