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| Sunday 10th September 2023 | ||
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The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Angus at Montrose Basin whilst other rare waders comprised a Spotted Sandpiper new in Glamorgan at Swanbridge, Baird's Sandpiper on the Western Isles, Semipalmated Sandpiper in County Cork, Long-billed Dowitcher in Norfolk, Lesser Yellowlegs in County Cork and Cumbria, Temminck's Stint in Cleveland, four each of both Buff-breasted Sandpiper and American Golden Plover, and seven Pectoral Sandpipers. Seabirds included the Red-footed Booby still on the Isles of Scilly, Brown Booby in Cleveland, Double-crested Cormorant still in County Leitrim, Forster's Tern in Dorset, Wilson's Petrel in County Mayo, and around island totals of four Sabine's Gulls, six Long-tailed Skuas, 2,109 Cory's Shearwaters, 12,102 Great Shearwaters. Other rarities comprised the Yellow Warbler still on the Shetland Isles, Aquatic Warbler new in West Sussex at Beeding Brooks, Western Bonelli's Warbler still in County Cork, a Bonelli's Warbler species in Devon on Lundy, Citrine Wagtail in Cornwall, and Blue-winged Teal in East Yorkshire. Scarcities included White-spotted Bluethroat (Gloucestershire), Marsh Warbler (County Cork), Icterine Warbler (County Clare), American Wigeon (Argyll), Lapland Bunting (Scilly), Yellow-browed Warbler (Shetland), Night Heron (County Durham), Spotted Crake (Derbyshire), Ring-billed Gull County Kerry), two each of Melodious Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Purple Heron, and Corncrake, three Common Rosefinches, four of Rose-coloured Starling and Hoopoe, seven of Red-backed Shrike and, Glossy Ibis, nine Barred Warblers, and a total of 37 Wrynecks. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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