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| Saturday 27th September 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of an Ovenbird at Mizen
Head, County Cork. It was only seen by the finder late afternoon, and wasn't
seen by others before dusk. The second Red-eyed Vireo of the autumn was
found on Loop Head, County Clare, and a Baird's Sandpiper was at Lenadoon
Point, County Sligo.
Significant late news concerned a Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler at Sea Palling, Norfolk on 19th September. Lingering rarities included the Masked Shrike in Yorkshire, Great Snipe, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, two Little Buntings and a King Eider in Shetland, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Baird's Sandpiper in County Mayo, Laughing Gull in County Cork, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Blue-winged Teal (or hybrid) in Northumberland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Friday 26th September 2014 | ||
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| Birders on Shetland today produced a new Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll at
Veensgarth, Mainland and a new Little Bunting at Baltasound, Unst (with
another of the latter still lingering on the Out Skerries), along with three
Red-breasted Flycatchers, a Wryneck, three Yellow-browed Warblers
and three Barred Warblers.
New discoveries elsewhere included a King Eider at Burghead, Moray and a Baird's Sandpiper at Louisburgh, County Mayo, whilst lingerers included the Masked Shrike in Yorkshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire and Blue-winged Teal (or hybrid) in Northumberland. Scarcities away from Shetland included a Melodious Warbler, a Bluethroat, a Red-backed Shrike, a Spotted Crake, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Surf Scoter, a Ring-necked Duck, a Long-tailed Skua, two Rose-coloured Starlings, two Dotterel, two Leach's Petrels, three Sabine's Gulls, four Red-breasted Flycatchers, four Pectoral Sandpipers, five Wrynecks and six Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Thursday 25th September 2014 | ||
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| A brief Red-eyed Vireo at Sumburgh Hotel, Shetland became the third
record for the archipelago, with all three occurring in the last three years.
Elsewhere in Shetland the Great Snipe remained on Foula, the Pechora
Pipit, Eastern Subalpine Warbler and Rustic Bunting all
remained at Baltasound, Unst and the Little Bunting was still on the Out
Skerries.
Further south, the Masked Shrike saw out its 6th day at Kilnsea, Yorkshire, whilst other lingering rarities included the Snowy Owl in Moray, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Lesser Scaup in Glamorgan and Blue-winged Teal (or hybrid) in Northumberland. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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| Wednesday 24th September 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Great Snipe on Foula. Elsewhere on the Shetland Isles
both the Pechora Pipit and Eastern Subalpine Warbler both remained on Unst, as did the
Red-throated Pipit on Fair Isle, and Little Bunting on Out Skerries, whilst scarcities around the archipelago included
Short-toed Lark, Marsh Warbler, Bluethroat, Richard's
Pipit, Great Grey Shrike, Temminck's Stint and Greenland
Redpoll, two each of both Rose-coloured Starling and Red-breasted
Flycatcher, three Barred Warblers, five Common Rosefinches, and eight
Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly White-spotted
Bluethroat, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Wryneck and
Yellow-browed Warbler were all noted. Other rarities today comprised the Masked Shrike still in East Yorkshire at Kilnsea, Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire, Blue-winged Teal in Northumberland and a Black Kite briefly in Kent. Seabirds on the move were headlined by a Cory's Shearwater passing Norfolk, whilst national totals of six Sabine's Gulls, 16 Long-tailed Skuas, 22 Pomarine Skuas and 95 Balearic Shearwaters were logged. |
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| Sunday 21st September 2014 | ||
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| Despite the continued presence of the Masked Shrike at Spurn, the bird
of the day must surely be Fea's Petrel. One was found off Flamborough
Head, East Yorkshire at 8.15am, and was tracked north along the coast through
North Yorkshire, Cleveland, County Durham and Northumberland, being logged at at
least 15 sites up to Holy Island at 6.15pm. At 4.45pm a second Fea's Petrel
went north past Whitburn, County Durham.
A Barolo Shearwater was seen from a research vessel off County Kerry, whilst other new discoveries included single Arctic Warblers at Lissagriffin, County Cork and Norby, Shetland, an Olive-backed Pipit on Fair Isle, a lingering Black Kite over Sculthorpe, Norfolk and a White-rumped Sandpiper at Blanket Nook, County Donegal. Other lingering rarity highlights seen today included single Olive-backed Pipits in Norfolk and Yorkshire, Red-throated Pipit, Pallid Harrier, Rustic Bunting and four Little Buntings in Shetland, Siberian Stonechat in Northumberland, Greenish Warbler in Norfolk, Snowy Owl in Moray, Forster's Tern in County Louth and Lesser Yellowlegs in Hampshire. |
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| Saturday 20th September 2014 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the early morning discovery of Britain's third Masked Shrike at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, where it remained until dusk, with an
Olive-backed Pipit nearby. Elsewhere, a Semipalmated Sandpiper was identified in Hampshire at Keyhaven Lagoon, a
Snowy Owl was discovered in Highland at Inchnadamph, and a Franklin's Gull was reported at St John's Point, County Down, whilst brief encounters included
Red-throated Pipit (Lincolnshire), Little Bunting (East Yorkshire) and
Black Kite (Cambridgeshire). On the Shetland Isles a Pallid Harrier remained (Loch of Spiggie), with Red-throated Pipit (Fair Isle), Great Reed Warbler (Bressay), and Arctic Warbler (Hoswick) all new, supported by Rose-coloured Starling, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, two Bluethroats, three each of both Little Bunting and Barred Warbler, four Red-breasted Flycatchers, five Common Rosefinches and 15 Yellow-browed Warblers. Meanwhile, on the Isles of Scilly the Booted Warbler remained with a Common Rosefinch and Wryneck. Lingering rarities elsewhere comprised the Daurian Shrike (Orkney Isles), Snowy Owl (Moray), Siberian Stonechat (Northumberland), Bonelli's warbler (Cornwall), Lesser Yellowlegs (Hampshire), White-rumped Sandpiper (County Antrim), Lesser Scaup (Glamorgan), and three Olive-backed Pipits (in Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Orkney). Away from Shetland and Scilly, scarcities included White-winged Black Tern (Cambridgeshire), Cattle Egret and Red-necked Phalarope (Cheshire) and Temminck's Stint (Worcestershire), Marsh Warbler and Great Grey Shrike (both East Yorkshire), two each of Melodious Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, Richard's Pipit and Sabine's Gull, three Buff-breasted Sandpipers, four Red-backed Shrikes, nine each of Wryneck and Pectoral Sandpiper, 16 Barred Warblers, 27 Red-breasted Flycatchers and 47 Yellow-browed Warblers. |
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| Friday 19th September 2014 | ||
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| New discoveries today included the autumn's first Red-flanked Bluetail
at Sumburgh Head, Shetland, a Booted Warbler at Peninnis Head, Isles of
Scilly, a Pallid Harrier at Eastside, Orkney, an Olive-backed Pipit
at Wells, Norfolk and a Siberian Stonechat on Holy Island,
Northumberland. A Greenish Warbler was on Whalsay, Shetland, and new
Little Buntings included two at Sumburgh and one at Fladdabister, both
Shetland, two on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and two also on the Farne Islands,
Northumberland. An unidentified Bonelli's warbler species was in
Kenidjack Valley, Cornwall, an Arctic Redpoll was reported from St
Martin's, Isles of Scilly and a Wilson's Petrel was off County Kerry.
Lingering rarities seen today included the Pallid Harrier in Norfolk, Daurian Shrike and Olive-backed Pipit on Orkney (with another of the latter in Lincolnshire), Rustic Bunting and Greenish Warbler in Northumberland (with another of the latter in Norfolk), Snowy Owl in Moray, single Lesser Yellowlegs' in Hampshire and County Donegal and the White-rumped Sandpiper in County Antrim. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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