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| Sunday 29th January 2012 | ||
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| A female Parrot Crossbill was identified in East Sussex at Black Down, where it was present for a fourth day. This is the first record of this species in England since a male was near Fordingbridge, Hampshire on 5th-15th March 2000. Rarities recorded today comprised both Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco still in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Ross's Gull in County Down, Red-breasted Geese in both Devon and Essex, Desert Wheatear in East Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, Spotted Sandpipers in Devon and Dorset, Lesser Scaups in Cornwall, Gloucestershire and County Kerry, Richardson's Canada Goose in County Sligo, Ross's Goose in Cumbria, two Northern Long-tailed Tits together in West Yorkshire, and Glossy Ibises in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gwent (2), Isle of Wight, Kent (2) and Lancashire. Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Dorset), Pectoral Sandpiper (Ayrshire), Temminck's Stint (Cambridgeshire) and a total of 62 Tundra Bean Geese. Gulls included 189 Iceland, 29 Glaucous, 12 Kumlien's, seven Caspian and six Ring-billed. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Friday 27th January 2012 | ||
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| Long staying rarities still present today included the Spanish Sparrow
and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser
White-fronted Goose and Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Norfolk, Ross's
Gull in County Down, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Desert Wheatear
and two Northern Long-tailed Tits in Yorkshire, single Red-breasted
Geese in Essex and Devon and Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim.
Scarcity highlights included Temminck's Stint, White Stork, two Yellow-browed Warblers, five Great Grey Shrikes and seven Rough-legged Buzzards. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Thursday 26th January 2012 | ||
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| Lingering rarities confirmed as still present today were the Spanish
Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire, Western
Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Coues's Arctic Redpoll and Ross's Goose in the Netherlands,
Bufflehead and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Ross's Gull in County Down,
Red-breasted Geese in both Devon and Essex, Spotted Sandpipers in Devon, Dorset and Somerset,
Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, and Glossy Ibises in Cheshire, Cornwall, Essex and Pembrokeshire (2). The best of the rest included Richard's Pipit in Dorset, Temminck's Stint in Oxfordshire and single Yellow-browed Warblers in both Devon and Somerset, whilst scarce gulls remained in good numbers, with 173 Iceland, 20 Glaucous, six Caspian, five Kumlien's and four Ring-billed all logged today. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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| Tuesday 24th January 2012 | ||
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| A Glossy Ibis seen in flight over Stanpit Marsh, Dorset was the only
new rarity reported today.
Long staying rarities included the Western Sandpiper in Norfolk, Ross's Gull in County Down, two Northern Long-tailed Tits in Yorkshire, Bufflehead in Cornwall, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler and Spotted Sandpiper in Dorset, White-billed Diver in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, Blue-winged Teal on the Isles of Scilly, Ferruginous Duck in London and Glossy Ibises in Kent (2), Cornwall, Devon, Pembrokeshire (5) and Lancashire. Scarce gulls were once again well represented, with totals including 300 Iceland Gulls, 35 Glaucous Gulls, eight Kumlien's Gulls and five Ring-billed Gulls. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Sunday 22nd January 2012 | ||
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| New discoveries today included a first-winter Red-breasted Goose in
Cumbria, at Drumburgh and Cardurnock, an adult Bonaparte's Gull in
Glamorgan, in Cardiff Bay, and Glossy Ibises in Pembrokeshire (two over
Dowrog Common) and County Wicklow (at Broad Lough).
Long staying rarities still present today included the Spanish Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco in Hampshire, Western Sandpiper, Lesser White-fronted Goose, three Coues's Arctic Redpolls and a Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk (with another of the latter in London), Ross's Gull in County Down, Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler in Dorset, Desert Wheatear and two Northern Long-tailed Tits in Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal on the Isles of Scilly, Lesser Scaup in Gloucestershire, Long-billed Dowitcher in Carmarthenshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Somerset, single Red-breasted Geese in Essex and Devon and Bonaparte's Gull in County Antrim. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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