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| Monday 30th June 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a pair of Black-winged Stilts in Hampshire. It seems likely they are the pair that made a failed breeding attempt at Neumann's Flash, Cheshire on 25th April-21st June before relocating to the adjacent Ashton's Flash on 27th-29th June and then migrating 175 miles to the south southeast to arrive at Beaulieu within twenty hours. The identification of the Balearic Woodchat Shrike in Somerset was confirmed this morning, just as the bird disappeared from view. Whilst in Lincolnshire another suspected Balearic Woodchat Shrike was discovered this evening at Saltfleet Haven. Other lingering rarities were the Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk and the Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Two Wilson's Petrels off the Isles of Scilly were the first recorded in the British Isles this summer. Scarcities included Short-toed Lark on the Orkney Isles, Common Rosefinch in Forth and two Rose-coloured Starlings on the Orkney Isles - there have now been at total of 31 Rose-coloured Starlings recorded from twenty British counties so far this summer. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 29th June 2008 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Woodchat Shrike that
is strongly suspected to be of the form badius - Balearic Woodchat Shrike - at Minehead, Somerset.
Elsewhere, a Great White Egret was found at Lurgangreen, County Louth and a
Black Kite showed at Wykeham Forest, North Yorkshire. Lingering rarities consisted of the Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Hooded Merganser in Dorset and the pair of Black-wingesd Stilts in Cheshire. Scarcities included Common Rosefinch in Forth, single Red-backed Shrikes both in Berkshire and Norfolk and Rose-coloured Starlings in Lancashire, Lincolnshire and the Orkney Isles (2). |
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| Friday 27th June 2008 | ||
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| The highlights of the day were lingering rarities: Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk,
American Golden Plover on Anglesey, two Black-winged Stilts in Cheshire and the
Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Brief encounters included a Gull-billed Tern in Conwy,
Red-footed Falcon in Essex and Black Kite in Hampshire. Scarcities included Rose-coloured Starlings in Highland, Lancashire and the Orkney Isles (2), Common Rosefinches in Forth and Highland, Red-backed Shrike in Norfolk and Hoopoe in Hampshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 25th June 2008 | ||
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| New arrivals today include an adult American Golden Plover on
Anglesey, on the Alaw Estuary, two Black Kites in Yorkshire, at Grimston
and Knaresborough, and a Cattle Egret at Cley NWT, Norfolk. The adult
Lesser Yellowlegs remained at the same site, but the Lesser Grey Shrike
nearby appears to have departed.
A Bee-eater was seen once again in the Coventry area of Warwickshire, briefly over Radford, the first-summer drake Hooded Merganser remained in Weymouth, Dorset, and a probable Black-browed Albatross was seen on the Pembrokeshire coast. Scarcities included Red-backed Shrike in Norfolk, Common Rosefinch in Forth, Rose-coloured Starling in Orkney and an inland Roseate Tern at Broom Gravel-pits, Bedfordshire, with several other individuals at the coast. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Monday 23rd June 2008 | ||
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| Bird of the day was surely the male Sardinian Warbler at Flamborough
Head, Yorkshire. Unfortunately, the bird stayed just five minutes, allowing only
the finders to enjoy it. Elsewhere, a Black Stork was seen to fly over
Dancersend, Buckinghamshire late morning. This is perhaps the individual
seen in the same county on 9th June.
Just one lingering rarity was recorded, the Lesser Grey Shrike at Hickling, Norfolk continued to show well, with the male Red-backed Shrike also still nearby, at Sea Palling. Scarcities included the male Common Rosefinch at Tyndrum, Forth, still visiting the feeders at the Real Food Cafe intermittently. The long staying male Corncrake was heard to sing a few times this evening at Hurst, Berkshire, and the second-summer Night Heron was re-located at Earith, Cambridgeshire, a few hundred yards from where it was last seen on the 18th. At least 73 Common Crossbills were seen, as the influx continues across England. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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