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| Tuesday 10th January 2012 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the continued presence of the Spanish Sparrow
at Calshot, Hampshire. The bird showed throughout the day and has been confirmed as
having been visiting feeders at this site since at least 3rd December 2011. Nearby the
Dark-eyed Junco remained in the New Forest at Hawkhill Inclosure. Elsewhere, lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Northern Waterthrush and Blue-winged Teal on the Isles of Scilly, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and Ross's Goose in Norfolk, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Glossy Ibises in Cheshire, Essex and Lancashire (2). New rarities discovered today were a King Eider passing Chanonry Point, Highland, a White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles, in Bluemull Sound, and a party of three Northern Long-tailed Tits in Luddenden, West Yorkshire. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 8th January 2012 | ||
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| New rarities discovered today were a Lesser Scaup in Aberdeenshire at Loch of Skene,
a White-billed Diver on the Shetland Isles at Kirkabister, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk at Kelling, and a
Glossy Ibis at Adcliffe, Lancashire. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Northern Waterthrush on the Isles of Scilly, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and three Ross's Geese in Norfolk, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Desert Wheatear in East Yorkshire, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Red-breasted Goose in Essex, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, Ferruginous Ducks in both Cambridgeshire and Hampshire, Glossy Ibises in Cheshire, Devon, Essex, Kent (2) and Lancashire, and four Richardson's Canada Geese in Argyll. Impressive counts of scarce gulls were again logged with 187 Iceland, 90 Glaucous, 13 Ring-billed and nine Kumlien's Gulls, including five of the latter together at Killybegs, County Donegal. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Saturday 7th January 2012 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a Glossy Ibis at Sandbach Flashes,
Cheshire and a Ferruginous Duck at Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire. Long
staying rarities rediscovered today after a significant absence included the
Northern Waterthrush at Lower Moors, Isles of Scilly, and the Long-billed
Dowitcher at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway.
Other lingering rarities included the Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and three Ross's Geese in Norfolk, House Crow in County Cork, Greater Yellowlegs in Highland, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Forster's Tern in County Galway, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Desert Wheatear in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, single Blue-winged Teals in Dorset, Isles of Scilly and County Dublin, Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim and Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wexford. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 6th January 2012 | ||
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| Long staying rarities seen today included the Dark-eyed Junco in
Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll and two Ross's Geese in Norfolk, Greater
Yellowlegs in Highland, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Hume's
Yellow-browed Warbler and Blue-winged Teal in Dorset (with others of
the latter still in County Dublin and the Isles of Scilly), Lesser Yellowlegs
in Somerset, Glossy Ibises in Kent (2) and Devon, Spotted Sandpiper
in Devon, single Lesser Scaups in Northumberland and Gloucestershire,
Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire and Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim.
Gull counts remained impressive, with 120 Iceland, 48 Glaucous, 9 Caspian, 8 Ring-billed, 6 Kumlien's and a Little Gull logged. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 5th January 2012 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present comprised the Dark-eyed Junco
in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose,
Coues's Arctic Redpoll and Ross's Goose in Norfolk, Pallid Harrier in County Galway,
Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, Blue-winged Teal and two Long-billed Dowitchers in Dorset,
Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, Lesser Scaup in Northumberland,
Glossy Ibis on the Isles of Scilly, and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire. Scarcities included Bluethroat (County Waterford), Richard's Pipit (Dorset), Yellow-browed Warbler (Devon), Temminck's Stint (Cambridgeshire), Surf Scoter (Devon), Ring-necked Duck (Cleveland), American Wigeon (Dumfries and Galloway and Western Isles), and Snow Goose (Cumbria and Perth and Kinross). Continuing strong winds brought large numbers of Northern and American gulls, with 117 Iceland, 44 Glaucous, eight Kumlien's and seven Ring-billed Gulls logged around the British Isles, with the majority being noted in Scotland and Ireland. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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