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| Tuesday 14th October 2008 | ||
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| Those who are now becoming regular commuters across the Irish Sea were
rewarded again today as the Philadelphia Vireo remained at Loop Head in
County Clare all day and showed well at times. Also remaining in Ireland were
the White-throated Sparrow on Cape Clear in County Cork and an
American Golden Plover on The Mullet in County Mayo. A Great White Egret
was a new find at Lough Corrib in County Galway, although there was no news
on the Little Blue Heron.
Not to be outdone, the Shetland Islands played host to a Pechora Pipit which was found at the north end of Mainland with the White's Thrush also remaining on Mainland at Kergord. On Scilly, a Grey-cheeked Thrush was seen briefly on St.Agnes in the morning and lingering rarities on these islands included the Sociable Plover on St.Mary's, a Red-eyed Vireo on Gugh and a Blackpoll Warbler on St.Agnes. Elsewhere, an American Golden Plover was found on Anglesey, and also in Wales, there came belated news of a Blackpoll Warbler photographed at Marloes Mere in Pembrokeshire on 7th October. Both Red-eyed Vireo and American Golden Plover were still to be found near Land's End in Cornwall and the Wilson's Phalarope remained at Cley in Norfolk. In Cleveland, the Lesser Yellowlegs was seen at Saltholme Pools early in the morning but not subsequently. In Berkshire the Lesser Scaup was still at Queen Mother Reservoir and in Hertfordshire the Ferruginous Duck was still at Amwell Gravel Pits. |
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| - Pete Hayman, RBA | ||
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| Friday 10th October 2008 | ||
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| Newly discovered rarities were headlined by a Lesser Grey Shrike in Essex at Rettendon, a brief
Blue-winged Teal in County Galway on Inishmore and a Cattle Egret at Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall. On the Isles of Scilly the Blackpoll Warbler and two Red-eyed Vireos remained alongside American Golden Plover, Short-toed Lark, Richard's Pipit, Wryneck and six Yellow-browed Warblers. Elsewhere, disappointingly the Alder Flycatcher had gone from Nanjizal, Cornwall but the Little Blue Heron and Long-billed Dowitcher were still in County Galway as was the Scarlet Tanager in County Cork, King Eider in Devon, single Glossy Ibises in both Cambridgeshire and West Yorkshire, American Golden Plover on the Western Isles, Lesser Scaup in Berkshire, Red-footed Falcon in East Yorkshire, Great White Egret in Suffolk and Hooded Merganser in Dorset. Scarce migrant landbirds comprised single Tawny Pipit, Little Bunting, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Marsh Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, Wryneck, Lapland Bunting, two each of Rose-coloured Starling and Richard's Pipit and 18 Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 9th October 2008 | ||
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| The confirmation of Britain's first Alder Flycatcher is the main news
for today, with the continued presence of the bird in Nanjizal Valley, Cornwall.
It was trapped mid afternoon, and biometrics showed it to be at the extreme
large end of Alder Flycatcher, and is therefore probably a male.
In Ireland, both the Little Blue Heron and the Scarlet Tanager remained in County Galway and County Cork respectively, although poor weather probably hampered further discoveries being made. The impressive flock of fifteen Ring-necked Ducks were still on Inishmore, County Galway, together with Long-billed Dowitcher and Yellow-browed Warbler. Two new Red-eyed Vireos were found today, one on Tiree, Argyll and one on Gugh, Scilly, joining the two already present on St Mary's, on The Garrison, and St Agnes in The Parsonage, where the Blackpoll Warbler remained. Elsewhere on the archipelago, a Radde's Warbler was on St Martin's and an American Golden Plover was on St Mary's. Away from the south-west, the star bird was the Wilson's Phalarope in Norfolk, which was relocated at Salthouse. Single Glossy Ibises remained in Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, the Ferruginous Duck was still in Buckinghamshire and the Red-footed Falcon was still present at Tophill Low, Yorkshire. A Richardson's Canada Goose was seen for half an hour at Covenham Reservoir, Lincolnshire. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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